Mirjana Vacić

Women in Prison

After graduation, a young woman gets his first job in the women's prison in the province. The story follows her struggle to survive in a small town with her small child, alcohol addiction, and the battle with the prisoners and prison brutality and other schemers who wanted to remove her from working spot.

The Role of My Family in the World Revolution

An absurd depiction of the communist revolution in Yugoslavia after World War II, the film primarily follows a group of young partisans who are placed in the home of a pre-war bourgeois family. The family then tries to adapt to the new ideology and values, often leading to various absurd situations.

Don't Believe in Monuments

A young woman tries to make love to a park statue, but despite her passionate efforts, the monument remains cold and heartless. "Don’t Believe in Monuments" is an early short, where Makavejev subtly ridicules Yugoslav state-sponsored monument and history worship.

The Tough Ones

Two brothers return to their devastated home village after the end of the Second World War with nothing to their name but their army-issue machine guns. There they find a traumatised German, abandoned in retreat. Together, the three men act out a tragicomic tale.

Against King

A group of children are harassed by a local bully. In order to stop him, they seek help of a retired boxer.

Love, Village Style

Milorad is a young villager grown enough to marry, but his uncle Gvozden and grandpa Paun want to arrange him a marriage with Radmila, a girl from a wealthy family. He escapes to the big town, refusing to take part in it, but his adventure with a girl named Rozika ends up and he finds himself back in his village again.