On the coast of Yugoslavia lives fisherman Ivo Kralj, his wife Marie, son Vuk, and Ivo's mother in one happy home. Marie, who loves her husband and always looks forward to his return from sea, attracts Nikola, with whom Ivo, out of jealousy, has a scuffle at a dance.
Should you watch this? If you like movies that feel like a dusty old photograph you found in an attic, maybe. If you want something that keeps the pace moving or follows standard story beats, you will probably hate it. It is a slow, heavy slog, but honestly, it kind of has to be. The whole setup with the fisherman’s l...
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Carl Junghans
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"Should you watch this? If you like movies that feel like a dusty old photograph you found in an attic, maybe. If you want something that keeps the pace moving or follows standard story beats, you will probably hate it. It is a slow, heavy slog, but honestly, it kind of has to be. The whole setup with the fisherman’s life feels oddly intimate at first. You have Ivo and Marie just trying to exist by the coast, and then the war happens. It’s not even a big, heroic war story. It’s just the thing th..."
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Carl Junghans, Václav Dryák
Slovakia
1920 · IMDb 6.2
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