Two brothers, countless lies, and the eternal question: can you cheat with a clear conscience?
Nikola is a man who knows how to really enjoy life; he's even able to rouse sympathy for his sinful ways. His brother turns a blind eye to his philandering although, with a broken marriage behind him, he doesn't have a clear conscience, either. Is there anything positive to be said about infidelity, or does it simply deserve the utmost contempt, particularly when it's more premeditated than spontaneous?
Acting
Manojlović's charm makes you root for a sleazeball
Writing
Dialogue that dances around moral accountability
Director
Rajko Grlić
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Grlić continues his decades-long excavation of Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav masculinity, here examining how Balkan 'macho' culture romanticizes its own destruction.
Manojlović, a Croatian cinema icon, reportedly improvised several of Nikola's most infuriatingly charming moments.
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