The Fragrance of Wild Flowers

The Fragrance of Wild Flowers

1977 · 106 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama

A well known theater and movie actor, dissatisfied with his conditions at home and at the theater suddenly stops the dress rehearsal of a play in which he has one of the main roles, and goes on the Danube to visit his friend, a boatman transporting bricks on his small barge from a brick plant in a poor settlement to Belgrade. This unexpected action confuses everyone in the actor’s environment. Everybody sets out to the Danube in order to find out the real reason for the actor’s odd behavior and to find out when he will return to normal life. The actor refuses to talk, stating that he only knows what he does not want! The young director, who had started working on filming a portrait of the actor prior, doesn’t know what to do. The opening night is postponed.

Directed by Srđan Karanović · Written by Rajko Grlić

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Ljuba Tadić Ivan Vasiljević
Aleksandar Berček Mali
Olga Spiridonović Desa
Sonja Divac Sonja
Bogdan Diklić Reporter
Gorica Popović Reporterka
Ljubomir Ćipranić Tonac Đoka
Miodrag Radovanović Direktor televizije
Čedomir Petrović Inspektor
Viktor Starčić Reditelj u pozorištu
Branko Cvejić Kole
Milivoje 'Mića' Tomić Glumac I

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