Stairless

Dec 12, 2015

1h 37m

★ 7.0

Overview

Slavisa suffers from the Alzheimer's disease and his life in the community is becoming more complex, both for himself and for his household. His daughter and son-in-law are of the view that it is time for Slavisa to be placed in a nursing home. Slavisa desperately tries to convince them and show them that everything with him is still all right. With time this becomes more and more difficult to prove.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

RTS

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Cast

Slaviša Petronijević

Vlastimir 'Đuza' Stojiljković

Milica

Nataša Ninković

Stojan

Aleksandar Đurica

Kiza

Ivan Đorđević

Aki

Marko Janketić

Miki

Miodrag 'Miki' Krstović

Upravnica

Aleksandra Nikolić

Gospođa

Renata Ulmanski

Dragana

Ana Čohadžić

Klovn

Zoran Đikić

Bolničarka

Dragana Bogdanović

Klošar

Saša Radojević

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