Dreaming the Rose

Dreaming the Rose

1986 · 87 min · ★ 5.0 · Drama

Valent is a night shift worker who can barely feed his family. To add the insult to injury, every night he must pass near the butcher's shop with meat products he can't afford. But one night the shop is a scene of a gangland shooting. Valent picks up the bag full of money and a gun, and his life changes.

Directed by Zoran Tadić · Written by Pavao Pavličić

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