The Return

Feb 21, 2017

1h 30m

★ 8.0

Overview

Follows a man who, after 40 years, comes back to his hometown. There he has nobody. His friends from America are coming after him to get him back and small village in Vojvodina becomes lively as never before.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Arte tim

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Cast

Steve Stojan Petrović

Lazar Rockwood

John

Nick Mancuso

Marija

Dubravka Mijatović

Michael Shreder

Michael Paré

Čovek u crnom odelu

John Savage

Laza Slikar

Milorad Mandić

Helen

Vesna Stanojević

Čuvar silosa

Radivoje Bukvić

Uzgajivač

Bora Đorđević

Desanka

Marija Marka Hlebjan

Prodavačica

Ivana Milovanović

Slavica

Rada Đuričin

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