Hey Babu Riba

Hey Babu Riba

1985 · 112 min · ★ 5.5 · Drama, Romance

In 1985, four middle-aged Yugoslav emigres return to Belgrade for the funeral of Mariana, their beautiful compatriot. They called her Esther, for Esther Williams, she was the coxswain for their four-man rowing team, and they each loved her. They'd last seen her in 1953, when they rowed her across the Adriatic, pregnant, to join her exiled father in Italy. In flashbacks we learn the story of their youthful baptism into sex, smoking, rock and roll (Hey Ba-ba-re-bop), Hollywood and Swedish films, blue jeans on the black market, and their rivalry with Ristic, the Communist Party youth leader for whom they had instant antipathy.

Directed by Jovan Aćin · Written by Jovan Aćin

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Gala Videnović Ester
Nebojša Bakočević Glen
Dragan Bjelogrlić Saša
Srđan 'Žika' Todorović Kića
Goran Radaković Pop
Milan Štrljić Rile
Relja Bašić Glen (stariji)
Marko Todorović Saša (stariji)
Miloš Žutić Kića (stariji)
Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanić Rile (stariji)
Ljubiša Samardžić Glenov otac
Ružica Sokić Kićina majka

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