
The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus
1980, Serbo-Croatian. Directed by Želimir Žilnik.
The protagonists of this docudrama are old farmers who migrated to Banat after the First World War, in 1922. The film is focused on a couple of important events in their impressive lives, which are woven into lively scenes and stories full of wise instances. Their statements become spontaneous recounts of the lives of people in this region.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Serbo-Croatian
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- Released
- 25 August 1980
- Original title
- Bolest i ozdravljenje Bude Brakusa
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Written by
- Želimir Žilnik
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The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus (1980) was directed by Želimir Žilnik.