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Throat in the Strawberries (1975)
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Original name: Grlom u jagode
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
Grlom u jagode is a 1975 Yugoslavian TV series directed by Srđan Karanović and co-written by Karanović and Rajko Grlić. Depicting the life and times of a young man nicknamed Bane Bumbar, the series achieved huge popularity throughout SFR Yugoslavia.
Revolving around Bane, his family, and his circle of friends, the series also portrays 1960s Belgrade, Serbia and Yugoslavia.
Style:
period piece, sitcom
Plot:
nostalgia, coming of age, youth culture, grownups, high school life, melancholy, friendship, personal growth, male protagonist, family drama, slice of life, first love, memory, working class, suburban life, bittersweet, intimate, social change, social realism, partisan, youth, post war, communism, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, scheme ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
former yugoslavia, belgrade, rio de janeiro, belgrade serbia, yugoslavia
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Duration: 99 min.
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