Hey Babu Riba (1987)

  • NR
  • 09/18/1987 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 52m

Overview

In 1985, four middle-aged Yugoslav emigres return to Belgrade for the funeral of Mariana, their beautiful compatriot. They called her Esther, for Esther Williams, she was the coxswain for their four-man rowing team, and they each loved her. They'd last seen her in 1953, when they rowed her across the Adriatic, pregnant, to join her exiled father in Italy. In flashbacks we learn the story of their youthful baptism into sex, smoking, rock and roll (Hey Ba-ba-re-bop), Hollywood and Swedish films, blue jeans on the black market, and their rivalry with Ristic, the Communist Party youth leader for whom they had instant antipathy.

Jovan Aćin

Director, Writer

Cast

Gala Videnović's headshot

Gala Videnović

Ester
Nebojša Bakočević's headshot

Nebojša Bakočević

Glen
Dragan Bjelogrlić's headshot

Dragan Bjelogrlić

Saša
Srđan 'Žika' Todorović's headshot

Srđan 'Žika' Todorović

Kića
Goran Radaković's headshot

Goran Radaković

Pop
Milan Štrljić's headshot

Milan Štrljić

Rile
Relja Bašić's headshot

Relja Bašić

Glen (stariji)
Marko Todorović's headshot

Marko Todorović

Saša (stariji)

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