Promise Me This

Promise Me This

2007 · 123 min · ★ 6.5 · Romance, Comedy

An old man named Zivojin Markovic, living in a remote village prays for his grandson Cane to go to the city, sell his cow and bring back a wife. In the city he is supposed to meet up with his grandfather's stepbrother, but this man is dead. Instead, he meets this man's two grandsons, two good-natured brothers who are nevertheless small-time criminals and experts in demolition. Cane soon clicks with these men, and also falls in love with a schoolgirl (Jasna), who he wants to marry as part of his testament with his grandfather. He gets involved in this girl's family affairs, rescuing both her and her mother from prostitution and gangsters headed by a man called Bajo, and the new group of people return to the small village in time to celebrate Zivojin's wedding to his neighbor, despite the gangsters' best efforts to stop the celebration, which results in a double wedding.

Directed by Emir Kusturica · Written by Emir Kusturica

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Marija Petronijević Jasna
Uroš Milovanović Cane
Aleksandar Berček Deda, Živojin Marković
Predrag Laković Gazda
Ljiljana Blagojević Bosa, učiteljica
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović Mafijaški bos Bajo
Ivan Maximov Inspektor
Kosanka Đekić Jasnina majka
Stribor Kusturica Topuz
Vladan Milojević Runjo
Stanoje Bogićević Cvaka
Slavko Tošić Mrga

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