Burning

Small village farmers grow tobacco which they are forced to sell to the government for next-to-nothing prices. This repeats with Italians during the WW2, and with the communists after the war. Boiling point is getting high.

Cast

Dragan Maksimović

as Luka

Rade Šerbedžija

as Tomo

Gordana Kosanović

as Mirna

Ivo Gregurević

as Rajko

Marko Todorović

as Bariša

Svetolik Nikačević

as Blažo

Fabijan Šovagović

as Ante

Velimir Živojinović

as Žandarm

Zoran Radmilović

as Fra Grga

Mirjana Kodžić

as Andrijina žena

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