Hey Babu Riba

5.51985DramaRomance

In 1985, four middle-aged Yugoslav emigres return to Belgrade for the funeral of Mariana, their beautiful compatriot. They called her Esther, for Esther Williams, she was the coxswain for their four-man rowing team, and they each loved her. They'd last seen her in 1953, when they rowed her across the Adriatic, pregnant, to join her exiled father in Italy. In flashbacks we learn the story of their youthful baptism into sex, smoking, rock and roll (Hey Ba-ba-re-bop), Hollywood and Swedish films, blue jeans on the black market, and their rivalry with Ristic, the Communist Party youth leader for whom they had instant antipathy.

Original titleBal na vodi

Release1985-10-23

Runtime112 min

StatusReleased

CountriesUnited Kingdom, Yugoslavia

Original languageSH

SpokenSerbian

DirectorJovan Aćin

WritersJovan Aćin

ProductionSmart Egg Pictures, Avala Film, Inex film, Centar film, Esplendor

Votes15

Popularity2