Kotlovina

Jul 20, 2011

2h 0m

★ 6.0

Best Croatian movie of 2011

Overview

A big family reunion at the weekend cottage around traditional food preparation "kotlovina" (pig on a spit and lots of drinking) with quaintly amusing and earnest situations revealing what is stronger: ties of blood and background or culture and the way of living.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Korugva

Kotlovina Trailers

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Cast

Jakov

Igor Kovač

Seka

Suzana Nikolić

Dida

Boris Buzančić

Damir

Goran Navojec

Krešo

Filip Križan

Štef

Hrvoje Zalar

Danijela

Iskra Jiršak

Lana

Tena Tadić

Marjan

Luka Sušić

Lucija

Bruna Bebić-Tudor

Ana

Mirela Brekalo

Liječnica

Nina Erak-Svrtan

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