The Trap

The Trap

2007 · 106 min · ★ 7.3 · Crime, Drama, Thriller

Mladen and Marija are an ordinary and happy married couple of the "middle class" of the society in which they live as tenants. Mladen works as a civil engineer in a state company, and Marija is an English teacher in primary school. The couple finds joy in their only son, Nemanja. They discover that Nemanja has a rare heart disease and healing is possible with an operation in a foreign medical center, which costs €26,000.

Directed by Srdan Golubović · Written by Melina Pota Koljević

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Nebojša Glogovac Mladen
Nataša Ninković Marija
Anica Dobra Jelena
Vuk Kostić Petrov brat
Vojin Ćetković Vlada
Boris Isaković Moma
Bogdan Diklić Dr. Lukić
Predrag Laković Kosta Antić
Dejan Čukić Petar Ivković
Marko Đurović Nemanja
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović Kosta Antić
Milorad Mandić Stariji inspektor

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