 Yugoslavia, 1983, 90 min, 16 mm blow up to 35 mm written by: Zelimir Zilnik, Miroslav Mandic
directed by: Zelimir Zilnik
camera: Ljubomir Becejski
sound: Karolj Stanjo, Martin Jankov
edited by: Slobodan Jandric
production: Art Film , TV Novi Sad
cast: Vladimir Sinko, Petar Bosancic, Sanja Zlatkovic
After 11 years spent in Stuttgart, 15 year old Pavle Hromis returns to his home land, to his grandmother's house in Kucura, to complete the education in Yugoslavia. During his first week, the boy gets confused with new surroundings, different educational program, unfamiliar society.
After the quarrel with his grandmother and conflict with school friends, Pavle runs back to Germany. However, his parents are not willing to repeat the enrolment procedure, because they intend to go back to Yugoslavia in a year or two, and his former friends have already given him up. When they start teasing him for his country's poverty and primitivism, Pavle defends himself and starts looking at his previous experiences in an entirely new light. Pavle returns to Yugoslavia, to a new boarding school in the city of Novi Sad, where he meets other children with similar background (from Australia, Canada, Austria...).
Although at first it seems that Pavle's problems came to an end, very soon he gets into troubles with his new girlfriend and boarding school officials... Pavle's family is concerned about his loosing control. In such situation, Pavle decides to change his life - telling nobody, he breaks off a friendship and enrols Police high school. He becomes an exemplary student...
festivals:
2o Festival internazionale: Cinema Giovani, Torino, 1984
Pula Film Festival, 1983
Berlin Film Festival ('Panorama'), 1984
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