Love Is the Ruin of Us All

Love Is the Ruin of Us All

1987 · 104 min · ★ 7.0 · TV Movie, Drama

At the end of the last century hunters who hunted wild roosters, while waiting for prey to show up, were killing time with storytelling. The first story is about Jernac that had a fight with Tomas because of Rezika. Another story tells about Tincek, limp foundling, who spent his youth with the Komar family, where he fell in love with their Lencka. The third is the story of a rich Miholac whose attention was grabbed by poor Polonca, a romance that was opposed by his father. The central theme of all stories is love that eventually everybody die of.

Directed by Jože Gale · Written by Jože Gale

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