The Marathon Family

The Marathon Family

1982 · 92 min · SH · 7.6 (108 votes)
Dir. Slobodan Šijan · Starring Bogdan Diklić, Danilo 'Bata' Stojković, Pavle Vuisić, Milosav 'Mija' Aleksić, Jelisaveta 'Seka' Sablić, Borivoje Todorović
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The Topalović family has been in the burial business for generations. When the 150-year-old Pantelija dies, five generations of his heirs start to fight for the inheritance.

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A darkly funny, yet poignant look at a family's morbid legacy. It's a quirky, offbeat dive into generational conflict and the absurdities of life and death, set against a unique cultural backdrop.

darkly comediccynicalabsurdistmelancholicsteadyquirky indieEuropean arthouseblack comedyfamily legacymortalitygreedtradition
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