Goran Paskaljevic - Varljivo leto '68 aka The Elusive Summer of '68 (1984)

For Petar, a young man who lives in Serbian province town, the maturing coincides with the turbulent political events of the year 1968. Petar considers himself a mature man. To prove that, he falls in love with several women at the same time, mainly older and already married: the wife of a baker, a librarian, the two daughters of a judge and his sociology teacher. Petar's need to find the woman of his life leads him into numerous delicate and comical situations, that drove his father, the judge, insane, and at the same time made him realize that being a grown up is a serious matter.





Esta hermosa y graciosa película se centra en el hijo mayor, Petar (Slavko Stimac), de una familia manejada por un estricto y autoritario padre, encarnado magníficamente por Danilo Bata Stojkovic. El joven Petar lucha para graduarse de la secundaria principalmente por una razón, esta tan encaprichado con su maestra de Marxismo que no puede pensar en otra cosa mas que en ella durante sus clases. Cuando llega la graduación, le miente a su padre sobre haber aprobado todas las materias mientras en realidad ha fallado en Marxismo.

Por supuesto, la verdad no es fácil de ocultar y cuando eventualmente sale a la luz, su padre se horroriza y decide castigarlo. En este punto se suceden una serie de escenas con la esposa del panadero, y cuanta mujer se le cruce en su camino. Más complicaciones y giros cómicos siguen llegando y llegando y la risa no cesa. Toda esta situación sucede durante una época muy turbulenta, la revolución estudiantil del verano del 68.

Reminiscencias del tema del comienzo de la adolescencia en anteriores películas como Black Meter de Milos Forman o Closely Watched Trains de Jiri Menzel, el director Goran Paskaljevic comparte la visión cómica de sus compañeros checos mostrando la agonía del primer e inseguro amor. Paskaljevic es un maestro de la comedia social y todos los actores hacen increíbles trabajos, probablemente el mejor trabajo de Slavko Stimac.(CINEMATISMO)





This movie will always stay in my memory as one of the funniest and best comedies I ever saw back in former Yugoslavia. It centers around the eldest son (Stimac) of a family led by a strict authoritarian father in Danilo Bata Stojkovic's magnificent incarnation. The young Petar struggles to graduate from high school mainly for one reason-he is so infatuated with his Marxism teacher that he cannot think of anything else but her during the classes. So when the graduation time comes, he lies to his father about passing in all the subjects while in reality flunking in Marxism.

Of course, the truth is not easy to hide and when it eventually comes out, his father is appalled and decides to punish him and lead his mind off from girls by finding a job for him in a local bakery. But that becomes complicated too when it turns out a beautiful and voluptuous girl is working there and she is an easy catch as well! Complications and comical twists just keep coming and coming here and the laughter never ceases.

All this is going on during a very turbulent time, the '68 student revolution. My favorite scene is when Stojkovic throws out the TV because of the student uprising claiming it's immoral to watch it and then when Tito approves of the reforms he brings it back saying "Comrade Tito has said that the students are right. We can watch television again!" Paskaljevic was a master of socio comedy and all the actors do a great job. The ending is specially great and this is probably Slavko Stimac's best role.