The Awkward Age

The Awkward Age

1994 · 97 min · ★ 6.5 · Family, Drama

Adaptation of the highly popular children's novel by Branko Copic, who in this book resembles his school and college days in Bihac, Bosnia, in the years before WWII.

Directed by Nenad Dizdarević · Written by Nenad Dizdarević

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