In 1985, four middle-aged Yugoslav emigres return to Belgrade for the funeral of Mariana, their beautiful compatriot. They called her Esther, for Esther Williams, she was the coxswain for ...
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Gala Videnovic | ... | Mirjana 'Ester' Zivkovic |
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Relja Basic | ... | Glenn |
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Nebojsa Bakocevic | ... | Young Glenn |
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Marko Todorovic | ... | Sasa |
| Dragan Bjelogrlic | ... | Young Sasa | |
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Milos Zutic | ... | Kica |
| Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic | ... | Young Kica (as Srdjan Todorovic) | |
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Djordje Nenadovic | ... | Pop Popovic (as George Heston) |
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Goran Radakovic | ... | Young Pop |
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Milan Strljic | ... | Young Ristic |
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Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra | ... | 'Joe' Ristic (as Anthony Gidra) |
| Ljubisa Samardzic | ... | Glenn's father | |
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Ruzica Sokic | ... | Kica's mother |
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Danica Maksimovic | ... | Rada Svercerka (black market) |
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In 1985, four middle-aged Yugoslav emigres return to Belgrade for the funeral of Mariana, their beautiful compatriot. They called her Esther, for Esther Williams, she was the coxswain for their four-man rowing team, and they each loved her. They'd last seen her in 1953, when they rowed her across the Adriatic, pregnant, to join her exiled father in Italy. In flashbacks we learn the story of their youthful baptism into sex, smoking, rock and roll (Hey Ba-ba-re-bop), Hollywood and Swedish films, blue jeans on the black market, and their rivalry with Ristic, the Communist Party youth leader for whom they had instant antipathy. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Serbo-CroatianRelease Date:
24 October 1985 (Yugoslavia) See more »Also Known As:
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This coming of age movie is significantly more than just that; it is a metaphor for Yugoslav expatriates who left their beloved country after it was cleverly and tragically tricked by the false pretenses of the communists.