Brooklyn - Gusinje

Jun 11, 1988

1h 25m

★ 3.0

Overview

Young seamstress Ivana leaves work in the tailor shops in Novi Pazar and accepts an offer to be a waitress in a private cafe in Gusinje, Montenegrin town on the Yugoslav-Albanian border. She meets a waitress with whom she becomes fast friends. Brothers Skeljzen and Becir come to Gusinje from New York for the holidays and meet with the waitresses, starting a love affair. Young men promise the girls marriage and going to America.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Radio Televizija Novi Sad

Radiotelevizija Beograd

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Cast

Ivana

Ivana Žigon

Škeljzen

Škeljzen Ujević

Goca

Lidija Stevanović

Šećo

Seljo Šabović

Bećir

Bećir Ujević

Pero Đuričanin

Nijaz Habibović

Nebojša Manić

Milomir Marić

Fehim Muminović

Avdo Pjetrović

Srećko Purišić

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