{"id":16589,"date":"2021-01-26T13:46:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T13:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/?p=16589"},"modified":"2021-01-26T13:46:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T13:46:17","slug":"miro-zagreb-loves-you-belgrade-loves-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/2021\/01\/miro-zagreb-loves-you-belgrade-loves-you\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMIRO, ZAGREB LOVES YOU, BELGRADE LOVES YOU!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many people have performed at the KROKODIL festival over the past twelve years, but only a very small number of them have left such a strong and positive impression as Mira Furlan. When we sent her the invitation to be one of our guests in 2018, she momentarily accepted, without any delay or special conditions and without hiding her pleasure (\u201cBoth G. and I are delighted to see you in a city that was once ours\u201d), especially considering that the last time she stayed here was many years ago. This would be, as it sadly turned out, her last performance in Belgrade. She arrived here from India with her husband, director Goran Gaji\u0107, as well as their son and his girlfriend (\u201cthe kids\u201d). That entire trip (\u201cThe Mother of all Trips!\u201d) was demanding and stressful (\u201cWe only just (half past 3) entered the hotel. We are half-dead. The kids are sick. It\u2019s quite a horror. But we will be arriving tomorrow\u201d). Still, when they finally arrived and we met, she greeted us with a smile and fantastic energy, which in the following days of the festival, she unsparingly shared with each person she came into contact with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/20180616_174633-3-650x534-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16590\" width=\"476\" height=\"388\"\/><figcaption><em>With Tanja Peternek for TV Lica before performing at the KROKODIL festival<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/20180616_172053-3-488x650-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16591\" width=\"293\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/20180616_172053-3-488x650-1.jpg 488w, https:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/20180616_172053-3-488x650-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><figcaption><em>Milena Beri\u0107 and Mira Furlan after her successful arrival in Belgrade<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/20180616_203314-488x650-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16594\" width=\"203\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/20180616_203314-488x650-1.jpg 488w, https:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/20180616_203314-488x650-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the KROKODIL festival, a sofa interview was reserved for her. She spent almost an hour talking with Ivan Velisavljevi\u0107 in front of a delighted audience which greeted her with a salvo of applause and standing ovations: \u201cMiro, Zagreb loves you, Belgrade loves you!\u201d. Shortly before going on stage, despite her terrible stage-fright \u201cfrom the Belgrade audience\u201d, she still devoted all of her attention to a stranger who appeared out of nowhere and offered her some very old photographs of her that he himself shot, in hopes the famous actress might want to buy them. Although she was overjoyed by the photographs from her distant past, we could see that it was very important to her not to disappoint the man who offered them. And she indeed bought them, a few actually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FkaVkdstx_o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TV Lica and Mira Furlan at the KROKODIL festival in 2018<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"http:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/35463671_1966118833418878_4901041134844772352_o-Copy-650x433-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"16605\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/35463671_1966118833418878_4901041134844772352_o-Copy-650x433-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/?attachment_id=16605\" class=\"wp-image-16605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/35463671_1966118833418878_4901041134844772352_o-Copy-650x433-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/35463671_1966118833418878_4901041134844772352_o-Copy-650x433-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"http:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/35475258_1966122230085205_7790335952068542464_o-Copy-650x433-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"16606\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/35475258_1966122230085205_7790335952068542464_o-Copy-650x433-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/?attachment_id=16606\" class=\"wp-image-16606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/35475258_1966122230085205_7790335952068542464_o-Copy-650x433-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/35475258_1966122230085205_7790335952068542464_o-Copy-650x433-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" src=\"http:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/35519488_1966118636752231_7252142452134379520_o-650x433-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"16607\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/35519488_1966118636752231_7252142452134379520_o-650x433-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/?attachment_id=16607\" class=\"wp-image-16607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/35519488_1966118636752231_7252142452134379520_o-650x433-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/35519488_1966118636752231_7252142452134379520_o-650x433-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"307\" src=\"http:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/amfiteatar-Copy-650x307-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"16608\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/amfiteatar-Copy-650x307-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/?attachment_id=16608\" class=\"wp-image-16608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/amfiteatar-Copy-650x307-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/amfiteatar-Copy-650x307-1-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;A day after the festival she went to visit Milena Dravi\u0107 who was very sick at the time, practically dying (she passed away only a few months later, in October of the same year), and Mira was shocked by the poverty in which her colleague was living. She could not accept the fact that an acting legend of that size and recognition was fearing whether her electricity would be cut off because she was unable to pay the bills. That day, we had lunch at a kafana, and we talked for a long time about the human condition and the suffering which follows human existence \u2013 her stay in India and the sights of misery she encountered there had upset her, and the meeting with Milena Dravi\u0107 and the injustice this grand actress was dealing with before her death just solidified her worldview. Her empathy truly had no borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are endlessly saddened by the news that she is gone. There is something deeply unjust about it. We still can\u2019t fully believe she is gone. We remember the moments spent with her, her unusually positive energy, her disarming smile, her presence and directness and immediacy. We sympathize with Goran, with their kids, and with all who loved and were close to her. The loss of Mira Furlan, as it usually is with people who are bigger than life itself, is a loss for all of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world without you, dear Mira, is an incomparably sadder place. Rest in peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people have performed at the KROKODIL festival over the past twelve years, but only a very small number of them have left such a strong and positive impression as Mira Furlan. 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