The Abstainers
1989, Serbo-Croatian. Directed by Dragan Veselinović.
Ljuba and Bora are good students with non-existent sex lives, in contrast to their roommate Giovanni, who has no such troubles despite being an awful student and involved into petty crime. When Giovanni is drafted and his sister moves in with the other two, they see it as the end of their problem.
- Runtime
- 1h 6m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Serbo-Croatian
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- Released
- 23 January 1989
- Original title
- Apstinenti
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Written by
- Ivan M. Lalić
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The Abstainers runs 66 minutes (1h 6m).
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The Abstainers isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 January 1989. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Abstainers?
If you liked The Abstainers, try Barbarians at the Gate, Cheaters, Hello Sister, Goodbye Life.
Who directed The Abstainers?
The Abstainers (1989) was directed by Dragan Veselinović and stars Nikola Pejaković, Goran Radaković, Vesna Lončarević.