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"Hey Babu Riba"
1987
Directed by Jovan Acin

Pop, Glenn, Sacha and Kicha are four vivacious and impetuous teenage boys coming of age in Belgrade, 1953. All four are mad about Glenn Miller, the sport of rowing, American blue jeans, and Mariana; their comely, ethereal rowing captain whom they've nicknamed Esther after movie star Esther Williams. But suddenly, the powerful bond that links the five friends must grow even stronger as together they endure their families' suffering and sacrifices in the wake of communism. And when the boys decide to risk everything to help their beloved Esther, it drastically changes the course of their lives forever. "A magic that is special to movies alone. The greatest pleasure in the world is to walk into a movie you never heard of, by a director you never heard of, and then be overwhelmed by beauty and memory and longing," wrote The New York Post. Hey Babu Riba was the sleeper hit of the London, Miami, Seattle and San Francisco Film Festivals. Serbian with yellow English subtitles. 112 minutes.