Kotlovina (2011)

Director
Tomislav Radić

Main cast
Igor Kovač; Suzana Nikolić; Boris Buzancic; Goran Navojec; Filip Križan

Genres
Drama

Description
A big family reunion at the weekend cottage around traditional food preparation "kotlovina" (pig on a spit and lots of drinking) with quaintly amusing and earnest situations revealing what is stronger: ties of blood and background or culture and the way of living.


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