A Little Joke

A Little Joke

1992 · 58 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, TV Movie

Two middle-aged friends, Mićko and Đorđe, decide to make a joke with their childhood friend, teacher Svetislav, who is a stingy when it comes to paying for the bills at bars where they often hang out. After filling his lottery ticket with numbers that Mićko claims he saw in his dream, they invite him to his home to watch lottery live on TV, but instead they play a previously recorded video material in order to make him believe he scored all seven hits. However, a joke goes wrong after Svetislav ditches his wife, resigns at the school where he works, and raises a credit at the bank, believed he's about to make a new start.

Directed by Aleksandar Đorđević · Written by Siniša Kovačević

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Lazar Ristovski Svetislav
Vojislav Brajović Mićko
Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić Đorđe
Ljubiša Barović Šparavalo
Ljiljana Blagojević Svetislavova žena
Žiža Stojanović Svetislavova tašta
Stevan Gardinovački Svetislavov otac
Ljubica Ković Svetislavova majka
Predrag 'Preža' Milinković Konobar

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