 () is a 1981 comedy-drama film directed by Emir Kusturica, in his feature film directorial debut, and co-written by Kusturica and Abdulah Sidran, based on Sidran's 1979 novel of the same name.The film won Golden Lion for Best First Work at 1981 Venice Film Festival, and was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 54th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Set over a single 1963 summer in one of Sarajevo's neighbourhoods, the plot follows the fortunes of a school boy nicknamed Dino (Slavko Štimac) who grows up under the shadow of his good, but ailing father.