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Menagerie

Menagerie

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"Menagerie" is a drama which takes place in the early 1990s, in one Serbian village near the coast of river Drina. It is a story about moral and historical breakdown of one country, located at a milieu separated from urban life, in an area that lives on specific rules and relationships between people. Srna, daughter of Strain, the most powerful man in the village, is promised for a wife to Jovan. Jovan is the son of a local forester Tadija, who, in return, allows Strain poaching and illegal cutting of village wood. Although there is attraction between Srna and Jovan, they still don't want to be married by the wish of their fathers. Suddenly Petar, the ex-forester who was seven years in jail for killing Strain's older son, returns to the village. His return changes lives of all characters in this story indicating the uncertain end of it.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Serbian

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

17 June 2012

Country

Serbia

Cast

Nikola Ristanovski

Nikola Ristanovski

Petar

Miodrag 'Miki' Krstović

Miodrag 'Miki' Krstović

Strain

Tanasije Uzunović

Tanasije Uzunović

Tadija

Mladen Sovilj

Mladen Sovilj

Jovan

Marijana Pejatović

Marijana Pejatović

Srna

Branka Šelić

Branka Šelić

Marija

Ivan Đorđević

Ivan Đorđević

Vidan

Igor Damnjanović

Igor Damnjanović

Milisav Lukić

Aleksandar Đurica

Aleksandar Đurica

Sreten Lukić

Nada Šargin

Nada Šargin

Anđa

Frank M. Ahearn

Frank M. Ahearn

Milo

Dragan Đorđević

Dragan Đorđević

Oficir

Hadži Aleksandar Đurović

Hadži Aleksandar Đurović

Grobarev sin

Igor Knific

Igor Knific

Srdan

Marina Škundrić

Marina Škundrić

Igumanija

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