Bread and Milk

Bread and Milk

2001 · 68 min · ★ 6.1 · Drama

Ivan is released a day early from a treatment programme for alcoholics due to a doctors' strike. He returns to his wife Sonja and his sixteen year old son Robi. The first afternoon he spends at home is very pleasant. The next morning Sonja sends Ivan to a shop to get bread and milk. On the way back Ivan runs into Armando, his high school classmate, and through their conversation at a bar, Ivan finds out that long before Sonja became his wife, Armando spent a night with her. Ivan has his first drop of the hard stuff...Kruh in mleko is a bitter-sweet tale of loneliness, estrangement and the glowing embers of love, where there once used to be a fire.

Directed by Jan Cvitkovič · Written by Jan Cvitkovič

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Peter Musevski Ivan
Sonja Savić Sonja
Tadej Troha Robi
Perica Radonjič Armando
Andra Istenič Robi's friend
Matja Zuodar Robi's friend
Brane Gruber Doctor in hospital
Reana Štrukelj Barmaid
Jasna Glavac Waitress in the Bar
Anton Leban Strong Customer
Marko Čelik Tavern Customers
Valter Šuligoj Tavern Customers

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