The Heart of the Wise Lives in the House of Sorrow

Aug 9, 2009

1h 29m

★ 0.0

Overview

A surreal satire about a philosophy student who takes a job as a gravedigger while suffering an existential crisis.

Genres

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

Nezavisni Filmski Centar Kino Klub Novi Sad

Akademija Umetnosti Novi Sad

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Cast

Jakov

Milivoje Obradović

Svetislav Mitić

Aleksandar Đurica

Grobar Života

Ratko Radivojević

Grobar Robika

Tamás Varga

Grobar Velja

Ervin Hadžimurtezić

Ekonomista

Miroslav Fabri

Cajka, konobarica

Aleksandra Pleskonjić Ilić

Šef u birou omladinske zadruge

Strahinja Bojović

Pokeraš

Gvozden Đurić

Novinar

Aleksandar Davić

Čovek u crkvi

Milorad Kapor

Tetka sa ostrva

Ksenija Martinov

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