| Brief Description: | Full of surprises, full of black humor, this film, called "American
gangsterism Balkan style," is set in Serbia between the two world
wars. The Topalovic family, five generations of morticians, have
questionable ways of keeping up with the competition. But Mirko wants
to get out of the business and become a filmmaker. "Sijan
haschronicled the changing climate of a nation of petty-bourgeois
businesses which are being revolutionized by new technologies; the era
of crematories is on us." With Bogdan Diklic, Danilo Stojkovic, Pavle
Vujisic, Mija Aleksic, Mica Tomic and Jelisaveta Sablic.
Serbo-Croatian with English subtitles. |
