Three poor musicians become rich and famous, due to an appearance on a TV show. Unexpected success and money tears old friends apart. The bass player, Burduš, lonely and lost, decides to go and find new friends.
Acting
Janićijević's Burduš carries lonely desperation in every slump-shouldered frame.
Direction
Popović's TV-show sequence captures manufactured spectacle vs. hollow aftermath.
Director
Miodrag 'Mića' Popović
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Yugoslavia's 'Black Wave' cinema movement, critiquing socialist consumerism before it even fully arrived.
Lead actor Janićijević earned the nickname 'Burduš' playing this role so indelibly it became his professional name forever.
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