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Menagerie
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CrimeRomanceDramaTV Movie
Overview
"Menagerie" is a drama which takes place in the early 1990s, in one Serbian village near the coast of river Drina. It is a story about moral and historical breakdown of one country, located at a milieu separated from urban life, in an area that lives on specific rules and relationships between people. Srna, daughter of Strain, the most powerful man in the village, is promised for a wife to Jovan. Jovan is the son of a local forester Tadija, who, in return, allows Strain poaching and illegal cutting of village wood. Although there is attraction between Srna and Jovan, they still don't want to be married by the wish of their fathers. Suddenly Petar, the ex-forester who was seven years in jail for killing Strain's older son, returns to the village. His return changes lives of all characters in this story indicating the uncertain end of it.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
105 min
Release Date
2012-06-17
Status
Released
Original Language
Serbian
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Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Nikola Ristanovski
Petar
Miodrag 'Miki' Krstović
Strain
Tanasije Uzunović
Tadija
Mladen Sovilj
Jovan
Marijana Pejatović
Srna
Branka Šelić
Marija
Ivan Đorđević
Vidan
Igor Damnjanović
Milisav Lukić
Aleksandar Đurica
Sreten Lukić
Nada Šargin
Anđa
Frank M. Ahearn
Milo
Dragan Đorđević
Oficir
Hadži-Aleksandar Đurović
Grobarev sin
Igor Knific
Srdan
Marina Škundrić
Igumanija
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