Practical Guide to Belgrade with Singing and Crying

Dec 8, 2011

1h 30m

★ 4.2

Overview

This is a modern age romantic comedy about the trials to find the right person, in four very different love stories. Initially, Stefan, a young overbearing Belgrade driver who does not believe in anyone or anything, falls in love with Sylvie, French singer, which controlled herself for too long, and now is on the verge of a nervous breakdown and for the first time she will do all that she has always dreaming of. Melita, a frustrated middle-aged woman, who by day works as an organizer of the concert evenings becomes disappointed because her lover, Brian, an American diplomat, in fact, is not the guy that he say he is.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Laokoon Filmgroup

Kinorama

Art & Popcorn

TR9 Film

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Cast

Brian

Jean-Marc Barr

Silvie

Julie Gayet

Melita

Anita Mančić

Stefan

Marko Janketić

Bojan Navojec

Jagoda

Nada Šargin

Mato

Leon Lučev

Orhan

Baki Davrak

Djurdja

Hristina Popović

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