Cross Country

Cross Country

1969 · 89 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

A priest’s daughter from a small town falls in love with cross country running over TV. She starts to train. She runs, meets a local boy and falls in love. She runs again, meets a black man and starts flirting. The local boy kills a black man out of jealousy and the police kills him.

Directed by Mladomir 'Puriša' Đorđević · Written by Mladomir 'Puriša' Đorđević

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