Eagle

Eagle

1990 · 92 min · ★ 8.0 · Thriller

Radovan Orlak Orao fell off a skyscraper on the day when four of his old friends waited for him to celebrate his birthday. They had been friends since childhood, but now at middle age they see each other only occasionally. Faced with the fact that they actually knew very little about their friend’s recent life, they start meeting more regularly and try to find out the circumstances that led to Orao’s suicide or possibly even murder…

Directed by Zoran Tadić · Written by Pavao Pavličić

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