A 1964 Yugoslav takedown of corporate greed that still stings today.
The managers of a textile enterprise use various scams to obtain all kinds of personal benefits, until the machinations exposed.
Writing
Razor-sharp dialogue exposing petty bureaucratic evil.
Acting
Olivera Marković's scene-stealing turn as complicit Marija.
Director
Fadil Hadžić
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Yugoslavia's socialist self-management era, the film satirizes the very system it ostensibly critiques, walking a political tightrope.
Director Fadil Hadžić was a journalist before filmmaking, explaining the documentary-like precision in depicting bureaucratic machinery.
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