Ljubomir Stanišić: Heartbeat
From a Michelin-starred restaurant in Lisbon to a basketball court in Sarajevo: a portrait of a war refugee in all his facets. How cooking became his "American Dream" and led him to success, but also how he deals with his worst nightmares. We enter the universe of his cooking, but above all we enter the world of a free spirit and passionate adventurer.
Cast
- Ljubomir Stanišić
- Ljubomir Stanišić
Ljubomir Stanišić: Heartbeat
Mónica Franco
- Documentary
- Production Country / Year
- Portugal 2021
- Language
- pt., bs. OF mit en. UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 100min
1.78:1 (16:9), Stereo PCM
- Original Title
- Ljubomir Stanišić: Coração na Boca
Director & Crew
Mónica Franco
Born in 1974 in Lisbon/Portugal. Studied Art History. Trained in Journalism, Creative Writing and Documentary Directing. Active as a journalist, writer and director.
Filmography
2022 LJUBOMIR STANIŠIĆ: HEARTBEAT, Dokumentarfilm HOF 2022
“After more than 20 years in newsrooms and editing four books, I felt the urge to tell stories without using my main tool. I needed to get out of my comfort area – the written story – and discover different ways to say the same things. I strongly believe in people’s ability to reinvent themselves. I believe in the power of dreams, the strength of hope, and the magic of hard work. That is what my first documentary film, LJUBOMIR STANIŠIĆ: HEARTBEAT, is about. It was the challenge of a lifetime: to document my partner’s life story with truth and love, but always trying to look clearly, from the ‘outside’. I wanted to look at him intimately, but also from an observer’s point of view. Trying to be almost invisible and, at the same time, totally present. It was a struggle, but also a privilege, having a personal relationship with the man, the partner, and the father.
We were shooting for ten years. We see him growing right in front of our eyes, we walk his paths and follow his evolution as a man, as a cook, and as a public figure.”
Mónica Franco
- Writer
- Mónica Franco
- Director of Photography
- Abel Rosa and Pedro Fonseca Rosa
- Editor
- Márcia Costa and Francisco Costa
- Sound
- Billyboom Sound Design
- Music Composer
- Rodrigo Leão and The Legendary Tigerman
- Executive Producer
- Mónica Franco
- Producer
- Mónica Franco