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Hey Babu Riba
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Hey Babu Riba

1985-10-23 · 112 min · ★ 5.5

Drama · Romance

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.

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Directors
Jovan Aćin
Production companies
Smart Egg Pictures, Avala Film, Inex film, Centar film, Esplendor
Countries
United Kingdom, Yugoslavia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Gala VidenovićGala VidenovićEster
Nebojša BakočevićNebojša BakočevićGlen
Dragan BjelogrlićDragan BjelogrlićSaša
Srđan 'Žika' TodorovićSrđan 'Žika' TodorovićKića
Goran RadakovićGoran RadakovićPop
Milan ŠtrljićMilan ŠtrljićRile
Relja BašićRelja BašićGlen (stariji)
Marko TodorovićMarko TodorovićSaša (stariji)
Miloš ŽutićMiloš ŽutićKića (stariji)
Dragomir 'Gidra' BojanićDragomir 'Gidra' BojanićRile (stariji)
Ljubiša SamardžićLjubiša SamardžićGlenov otac
Ružica SokićRužica SokićKićina majka
Danica MaksimovićDanica MaksimovićRada Švercerka
Tatjana LukjanovaLiza, Sašina baka
Rade MarkovićRade MarkovićDr. Svetislav Popović, Popov otac
Petar BanićevićPetar BanićevićMajor Aleksa Živković, Esterin otac
Dušan JanićijevićDušan JanićijevićViši policijski službenik
Predrag EjdusPredrag EjdusAnđelković
Josif TatićTom, Džoov šef
Svetlana NovakSvetlana NovakProfesorka srpskog jezika

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