A love triangle sinks faster than a fishing boat in this Yugoslav blue-collar tragedy.
A small coastal town, where almost everybody are into fishing. Niko and Mato are friends, both in loved with the same girl Visnja, in charge of the fishermen's strike against the owners of the fishing boats. After being caught, Mato betrays his friends. Thus he becomes the subject of scorn both by the entire village and Visnja, who then marries Niko.
Acting
Mira Stupica's smoldering, tragic screen presence.
Production
Authentic Adriatic fishing village atmosphere.
Director
Bojan Stupica
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rare Yugoslav cinema export during Tito's era, capturing worker solidarity tensions under socialist realism constraints.
Director Bojan Stupica cast his wife Mira as Višnja—reportedly their most fraught professional collaboration.
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