Summaries

A bizarre and tragic love story involving swineherd, village fool, teacher and an agricultural pilot. The story unfolds in a remote village in the communist ruled Yugoslavia at the down of Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

Details

Keywords
  • husband wife relationship
  • love
  • village
  • husband murders his wife
  • yugoslav black wave
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Oct 29, 1968
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin France Yugoslavia
Language Serbo-Croatian
Production companies Les Productions Artistes Associés Avala Film

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 24m
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

Synopsis

In a Vojvodinian village, a cafe owner is in conflict with Trisa, a hog dealer. In order to get his revenge, the cafe owner and his friends persuade the half-drunk hog dealer to marry Goca, the village innocent. In the meantime, Reza, a young nymphomaniac teacher comes to the village and the hog dealer falls in love with her. Thinking his wife now bothers him, he murders her. His father takes the fall but dies in prison. For her part, Reza does not waste her time ; she first seduces Lile, a handsome pilot who has fallen from the sky, then a policeman and... nearly all the males of the village. On the other hand, things turn sour for the hog dealer since when the peasants discover the real murderer, they lure him into the belfry, tie him between the bells and Trisa dies, torn apart...

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