Two Benchwarmers
7.3
“The Hague was always funny”
During the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s, the Croat Ante and the Serb Duško fought on opposing sides. After the confilct had concluded, as many others before and after them, they moved on with their lives and found happyness in other places. Ante returned to his small village in the Dalmatian Hinterland and turned to alcoholism. Duško moved to Banja Luka and continued his life as a professional volleyball player, trying to be the best possible father for his young daughter Ingrid and get over the recent news of his wife's affair with his best man. Their routine is suddenly thwarted when a mysterious man in black named Antiša enters their lives and takes them away to an abanndoned warehouse near Zagreb, offering them a large sum of money under one simple condition: if they testify against a war criminal on an international tribunal.
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Cast
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Goran Navojec
Ante Jukić
Known for
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Papillon
Borko Perić
Duško Katran
Known for
Sore: A Wife from the Future
Tarik Filipović
Antiša
Known for
The Final Game
Dora Lipovčan
Stela
Known for
BloodRayne: The Third Reich
Blubberella
Renne Gjoni
The Hague Investigator
Also in
Hannibal
The Guardian Angel
Rea Kamenski Bačun
Ingrid
No other roles listed
Ana Marija Bokor
Prevoditeljica
Also in
Sleep Sweet, My Darling
Dražen Bratulić
Službenik Tribunala
Also in
Three Stories About Sleeplessness
Max Schmeling
Ivan Brkić
Švercer ljudima
Known for
A Perfect Day
The Priest's Children
Snježana Tomljenović 'Buba'
Šminkerica
No other roles listed
Mijo Debanić
Fotograf #2
No other roles listed
Ištvan Filaković
Policajac
Also in
Operation Barbarossa
Stylish in the Guests
Dejan Šorak Director · Veljko Segarić Editor Doris Kristic Costume designer
United States release April 29, 2006 · Produced in Croatia · Languages Bosnian, Croatian, English, Serbian, Ukrainian
Production
Maj Film
Production
Hrvatska Radiotelevizija
Production
Interfilm
Production
Croatia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Dva igrača s klupe
Original language
Croatian
Spoken on screen
Bosnian · Croatian · English · Serbian · Ukrainian
Release dates
Croatia · July 22, 2005
Theatrical
United States · April 29, 2006
Limited theatrical · Tribeca Film Festival
United States
March 20, 2007 · Limited theatrical · Cleveland International Film Festival
Estonia
December 8, 2006 · Limited theatrical · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
France
November 17, 2006 · Limited theatrical · Arras Film Festival
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