Life Is Beautiful

Jun 3, 1985

1h 44m

★ 7.6

Overview

After a train breaks down and the passengers are forced to spend a day at a remote country tavern, the mix of seasonal farm workers, transients, musicians, and would-be party kingpins heads toward some explosive moments. A truckload of chickens arrive to be killed and cooked for the unruly group of passengers, and when a few boorish men harass a female singer, their actions lead to unexpected violence.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Union film

Neoplanta Film

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Cast

Vito

Rade Šerbedžija

Gara

Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić

Pevačica

Sonja Savić

Kruščić

Pavle Vuisić

Valentino

Ljubiša Samardžić

Inženjer

Predrag Laković

Gitarista

Ivan Bekjarev

Trubač

Tihomir Pleskonjić

Čovek sa naočarima

Milan Puzić

Vozač džipa

Milan Erak

Piljar

Stevan Gardinovački

Waitress

Snežana Savić

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