10/10
A dark comedy about a day in shcool
8 May 2004
Warning: Spoilers
A great cast and an even better story make this one of Goran Markovic's best movies and one of my personal favourites. WARNING SPOILER Set in a day of a school with an overzealous principal in the middle of a retirement party for Keva (a janitor) whilst a school inspector comes to inspect charges for a sexual harassment case. The genius of this movie is the closed small society which consists of the school faculty, a group of discontent but in many ways normal people like everyone else, somewhat of a reminder to all those who went to school and regarded their teachers as freaks. A great example is the biology teacher who speaks of her holiday in Rome and the way she met her husband (a bitter technology teacher and mechanic) who as she says "exceeded her". The somewhat absurd situations, such as the school play and retirement dinner (you'll have to watch the movie to see why they are a bit absurd), are the highlights of the movie (amongst many) which couldn't have worked without a great cast such as Aca Bercek, Zoran Radmilovic and Semka Sokolovic (someone who I would like to see in more movies) as the principal are at the peak of their performance. All in all a movie worth watching regardless of your nationality or surroundings with so many great phrases which will be repeated over and over again between people who have watched this movie.
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