A woman builds her own house while two men circle like wolves—then hubby crashes the party.
Jovana lives alone with two young sons, while her husband is temporarily working in Germany. In addition to all the work in the fields and the kitchen, she is also building a new house. Handymen Relja and Milos show undisguised sympathy for her. Suddenly, the husband returns and brings new problems.
Acting
Gorica Popović's wordless exhaustion speaks volumes.
Direction
Čengić lets silences ache with unspoken threats.
Director
Bahrudin 'Bato' Čengić
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for Yugoslav TV's 'Kino Sunday' slot, this was radical—depicting a woman's unpaid triple-shift labor as dramatic tension, not background.
Gorica Popović improvised several kitchen scenes; Čengić kept cameras rolling through her actual exhaustion from shooting 12-hour field-labor days.
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