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Hey Babu Riba

Bal na vodi

1985 · 1h 52m · Drama, Romance · United Kingdom, Yugoslavia

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 & directed by
Jovan Aćin
Starring
Gala Videnović, Nebojša Bakočević, Dragan Bjelogrlić, Srđan 'Žika' Todorović
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funeraljazz bandjeansloss of virginitypregnancypregnant minorrowingrowing boatteenage crushtold in flashbackyugoslavia

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