Tears for Sale
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| Directed by | Uroš Stojanović |
| Written by | Aleksandar Radivojević (main writer) Uroš Stojanović Batrić Nenezić Stevan Koprivica Srđan Dragojević |
| Produced by | Batrić Nenezić |
| Starring | Katarina Radivojević Sonja Kolačarić Olivera Katarina Stefan Kapičić Nenad Jezdić |
| Cinematography | Bojana Andrić Dragan Đorđević Nenad Vasić |
| Edited by | Eve Beloiak Đorđe Marković Dejan Urošević |
| Music by | Shigeru Umebayashi |
| Distributed by | EuropaCorp |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Serbia |
| Language | Serbian |
| Budget | US$6 million |
| Box office | US$634,620 (Serbia) US$19,314 (France) |
Tears for Sale, also known internationally as Charleston & Vendetta or also as Funeral Brides (original title in Serbian: Чарлстон за Огњенку, Čarlston za Ognjenku, literal translation Charleston for Ognjenka, French: Charleston et Vendetta), is a 2008 Serbian drama film.
Directed by Uroš Stojanović, it stars Sonja Kolačarić, Katarina Radivojević, Nenad Jezdić, Stefan Kapičić, and Olivera Katarina.
It was released in Serbia following a January 30, 2008 premiere at Belgrade's Sava Centar. Made on a budget that exceeds €4 million, the movie was shot during summer 2005 as the most expensive Serbian movie ever (until St. George Shoots the Dragon surpassed it a year later). It then went into a long post-production due to specific CGI requirements.
Tears for Sale featured 40 minutes' worth of special effects and over 100,000 metres (330,000 ft) of film, around five times more than the average used in Serbia. The musical score was done by Japanese composer Shigeru Umebayashi. Luc Besson's production and distribution companies Blue Pen and EuropaCorp hold the film's foreign market distribution rights.
In September 2008, the film was shown at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, where it had three screenings as part of the festival's Vanguard programme. It was shown at the Santa Barbara 2009 International Film Festival (22 January – 1 February). In August 2009, it premiered in France.