Kotlovina

Kotlovina

Best Croatian movie of 2011

2011 · 120 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama, Comedy, Romance

A big family reunion at the weekend cottage around traditional food preparation "kotlovina" (pig on a spit and lots of drinking) with quaintly amusing and earnest situations revealing what is stronger: ties of blood and background or culture and the way of living.

Directed by Tomislav Radić · Written by Tomislav Radić

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