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Marjuca or death

Genre:
Romance

Director:
Vanca Kljakovic

Short description:
The story of a fifteen years old boy, torn between child's play and need for sexual affirmation. There is a bordello near his house in Split, and the boys are collecting money for one of them to sleep with famous prostitute Marjuca. The boy wins, but crude atmosphere of the bordello and manners of Marjuca, will make him avoid what he always wanted to do. Besides, he has a secret, a girl from the neighborhood, much older than him. Every night he listens to her love experiences with an Italian officer throug the walls.

Producer:
Marjan film, Split, Film danas, Beograd

Writer:
Vanca Kljakovic

Music:
Mirko Krsticevic

Cinematographer:
Niksa Blajic

Production design:
Igor Cicin-Sain, Mario Ivezic

Country of origin:
Jugoslavija, Srbija, Hrvatska

Film editing:
Robert Lisjak

Duration:
95 minutes

System:
Widescreen, color

Premiere:
30.6.1987.



Cast:

Boris Dvornik
Borko Bebic
Ivica Ivkovic
Ivica Milardovic
Jasna Utrobicic
Lovre Reic
Marija Kohn
Mirjana Karanovic
Neda Arneric
Pino Drütter
Vanja Matujec

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