Log in
Bread and Circuses

Bread and Circuses

2011 · 92 min · Comedy

Bread and Circuses is a comedy with a sent of nostalgia about socialistic Yugoslavia's last breaths looking forward into brighter future days than they appear to be at the moment. Family Novak from a small town Velenje is drawn by lot to participate in a TV family quiz. The mother and the daughter are thrilled about appearing on TV, whereas the father and the son do not like the idea that much, especially because the show will take place during the carnival. On their way to the TV show the family gets into a misunderstanding with the police, at the TV station they get confused by a group of dressed up cocks, and things get truly interesting when the family gets to know the quiz moderator Jos Bauer better. Everything about the TV station seems quite different from up close and the family members' values are turned upside down.

Directed by Klemen Dvornik

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

3h 12m together

Bread and Circuses

Under Still Waters

Both from Klemen Dvornik.

More from Klemen DvornikSee all →

The HardheadedThe Hardheaded · 2011
The Hardheaded
★ 10.02011
SeriesFamilyComedy
The town of Trdoglav lives its peaceful life in the idyllic Slovenian countryside. Wherever this picturesque village with the most sincere inhabitants lies, their stories and vicissitudes will make us laugh to tears.
Under Still WatersUnder Still Waters · 2016
Under Still Waters
★ 9.02016
MovieCrimeDrama
Young lawyer Rebeka is given a case involving the murder of a production designer, and the main suspect is her childhood friend Jana. What first seems like a very straightforward case gradually reveals the dark sides, mysterious depths and stray ways of human nature.
On Our Own VesnaOn Our Own Vesna · 2002
On Our Own Vesna
★ 7.72002
MovieComedy
Several centuries ago, a castle servant girl acquires a great fortune. Presently, a simple peasant woman Manka gets this fortune back, because of denationalization. Mehmed Gigio the Superman with his associates, the leader of a criminal organization, wants this property for himself. Policemen Janez and Franci get involved into the game. In the end, Mother Manka righteously gives everything away to Sir Roger Moore for all the children that need help in this world.
Lenin's ParkLenin's Park · 2022
Lenin's Park
★ 7.02022
SeriesCrime
In the middle of a hot summer, a homeless woman is murdered in the centre of Ljubljana. At least as much as her death is troubled by the fact that the murder took place in a park right next to the General Police Administration. In addition to Taras's and Tina's relationship, resentment is being drawn from the events at Lake Bohinj over Taras' treatment of the spoiled son of an influential man, so the head of Drvarič assigns the management of the case to Tini instead of Taras. The start of the investigation is not the most promising, as none of the occupants of the park detected anything unusual, even though the windows look out of all the apartments. Yet a criminal investigation reveals that one of them wasn't the most honest.
Block 5Block 5 · 2024
Block 5
★ 5.02024
MovieAdventureDrama
When Alma discovers that her father’s company plans to demolish the playground, she gets determined to save green areas. Alma has no choice but to join forces with her worst enemies – Luna’s skate gang.

More Like This

Billy ElliotBilly Elliot · 2000
Billy Elliot
★ 7.62000
MovieDramaComedy
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.
Good Bye, Lenin!Good Bye, Lenin! · 2003
Good Bye, Lenin!
★ 7.52003
MovieComedyDrama
Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack.
TogetherTogether · 2000
Together
★ 7.02000
MovieDramaComedy
Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune Elisabeth learns that the world can be viewed from different perspectives.
KolyaKolya · 1996
Kolya
★ 7.41996
MovieDramaComedy
After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication barrier is broken between the two new family members.
Strawberries in the SupermarketStrawberries in the Supermarket · 2003
Strawberries in the Supermarket
★ 6.82003
MovieAdventureAction
Ex-soldier Marko storms into a supermarket and takes all the cashiers hostage because one of them insulted his grandmother. One of the cashiers is Jagoda, a self-conscious country girl in her late 20s or early 30s who thinks that she passed her "expiration date" long ago. A surreal situation jazzed with comedy stunts helps Marko and Jagoda find their places in the world.
The Yellow Rolls-RoyceThe Yellow Rolls-Royce · 1964
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
★ 6.11964
MovieDramaComedy
One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The next owner is Paolo Maltese, a mafioso who purchases the car during a trip to Italy and leaves it with his girlfriend while he returns to Chicago. Finally, the car is owned by American widow Gerda, who joins the Yugoslavian resistance against the invading Nazis.
The Barbarian InvasionsThe Barbarian Invasions · 2003
The Barbarian Invasions
★ 7.02003
MovieComedyDrama
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.
WR: Mysteries of the OrganismWR: Mysteries of the Organism · 1971
WR: Mysteries of the Organism
★ 6.21971
MovieDramaFantasy
What does the energy harnessed through orgasm have to do with the state of communist Yugoslavia circa 1971? Only counterculture filmmaker extraordinaire Dušan Makavejev has the answers (or the questions). His surreal documentary-fiction collision begins as an investigation into the life and work of controversial psychologist and philosopher Wilhelm Reich and then explodes into a free-form narrative of a beautiful young Slavic girl’s sexual liberation.
The Kangaroo ChroniclesThe Kangaroo Chronicles · 2020
The Kangaroo Chronicles
★ 5.72020
MovieComedy
A communist kangaroo moves in with an artist in Berlin.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter