Better Than Escape

Better Than Escape

1993 · 110 min · ★ 5.5 · Romance, Drama

A Yugoslav stage actor marries an American girl in Belgrade and has a child with her, when his career downhill out of political reasons he develops a drinking habit, his wife leaves him and takes their daughter to U.S.A.

Directed by Miroslav Lekić · Written by Miroslav Lekić

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