Two amateur circus kids from a poor Ukrainian village, ten-year-old Barbu and his older sister Mimma Read More »
Tag Archives: Lazar Ristovski
The Bizarre Country AKA Neka cudna zemlja (1988) Dragan Marinkovic, Lazar Ristovski, Jasmina Avramovic, Dragan Maksimovic
A man dies in a foreign land. On his deathbed he asks his son to bury his bones in his fatherland Read More »
Underground (1995) Emir Kusturica, Predrag ‘Miki’ Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic
Black marketeers Marko (Miki Manojlovic) and Blacky (Lazar Ristovski) manufacture Read More »
Optimisti / The Optimists (2006) Goran Paskaljevic, Lazar Ristovski, Bojana Novakovic, Petar Bozovic, Drama
Five scenarios in which people have trouble distinguishing truth from illusions. Each segment reflects the motto of Voltaire’s Candide: “Optimism is insisting everything is good, when everything is bad.”
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Balkanska pravila / Balkan Rules (1997) Darko Bajic, Branislav Lecic, Lazar Ristovski, Ana Sofrenovic, Drama, Thriller
Movie about secret relations between Yugoslavian, Serbian and Croatian secret police during last 50 years. Read More »
Tito i ja / Tito and Me (1992) Goran Markovic, Dimitrije Vojnov, Lazar Ristovski, Predrag Manojlovic
The story of a ten years old boy who, as most of the children in Yugoslavia of the fifties can hardly imagine his life without the great national leader – marshal Tito. In his school, he wins the contest for the best Tito’s composition. His reward is the participation in “Tito’s native land” march. He claims in his work that he loves Tito more than his Dad and Mom, which makes them desperate. He does not understand what is so confusing and weird in his love towards the leader. This march will be a difficult temptation for him. Unaccustomed to nature, walks and independent living, harassed by the teacher, Stalinist, he fails, gets lost in the mountain and his life changes.
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