Zavet

Jul 3 2007 N/A 2h 17m
Comedy, Romance

An old man named Zivojin Markovic, living in a remote village prays for his grandson Cane to go to the city, sell his cow and bring back a wife. In the city he is supposed to meet up with his grandfather's stepbrother, but this man is dead. Instead, he meets this man's two grandsons, two good-natured brothers who are nevertheless small-time criminals and experts in demolition. Cane soon clicks with these men, and also falls in love with a schoolgirl (Jasna), who he wants to marry as part of his testament with his grandfather. He gets involved in this girl's family affairs, rescuing both her and her mother from prostitution and gangsters headed by a man called Bajo, and the new group of people return to the small village in time to celebrate Zivojin's wedding to his neighbor, despite the gangsters' best efforts to stop the celebration, which results in a double wedding.

Plot

A grandson gives his grandfather a vow to go to the city to sell a cow and come back with a spouse. Extremely metaphorical representation of certain period of time in transitional Serbia is shown throughout the entire movie. Meeting the characters on his voyage, boy gets into various troubles, managing to fulfill the given promise.

Written by

Emir Kusturica

Directed by

Emir Kusturica

Cast

Uros Milovanovic, Marija Petronijevic, Aleksandar Bercek

Crew

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Production Countries

Serbia, France

Production Companies

France 2 Cinéma, Rasta International, Fidélité Productions

Languages

Srpski

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
Promise me this (Zavet)- Emir Kusturica
Scores
# of Votes
7,081
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA