Young farmer Mikajlo while on youth labour action falls in love with a student Nada and infatuated with her, he leaves the peasant brigade and Malena, a girl who as if she were overabundant, followed him to work the labour action. Mikajlo's courtship of Nada provokes laughter and ridicule, so ambitious 'Don Juan' returns to his brigade and the girl.
Acting
Ljubiša Samardžić commits to the delusion fully.
Production
Authentic youth brigade locations, real socialist realism.
Director
Branko Bauer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Youth work actions were real Yugoslav state-building programs where urban and rural youth mixed, making this a genuine social document.
Director Branko Bauer was known for children's films; this rare adult comedy flopped, making it nearly forgotten.
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