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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Šijan’s earlier tragicomic classic shares The Marathon Family’s deadpan Balkan absurdity, unruly ensemble, period texture, and escalating sense that petty human chaos is heading somewhere ominous.
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Why this pick
Its warm, mischievous portrait of a young man pushing against family expectations carries a lighter version of Mirko’s predicament, with vivid period detail and bittersweet comic observation.
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Why this pick
A mordant Serbian ensemble comedy where the everyday and the supernatural collide. Its eccentric characters, macabre humour, and humane melancholy closely suit The Marathon Family’s tone.
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Why this pick
For the film’s appetite for sharply drawn, combustible personalities: this interconnected urban satire turns small humiliations and arguments into a tense, darkly funny social mosaic.
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Why this pick
This character-driven Yugoslav comedy shares the sly affection for irresponsible, self-important men and the lively social texture beneath its comic surface, though with less macabre bite.
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01 / THE STORY
The story takes place in an unnamed small Serbian town in 1935, and focuses on the Topalović family consisting of six generations of undertakers: gravely ill Pantelija, wheelchair-bound Maksimilijan who's also mute and nearly deaf, rheumatic Aksentije, sober-minded Milutin, impulsive and narcissistic Laki, and young and naive Mirko. Constantly bickering amongst each other, the latest family arguments arise from the youngest son, Mirko, not wanting to continue the family business of coffin-making. Deeply in love with a local girl Kristina, the daughter of a local hoodlum Bili Piton, he's looking to avoid the career path of his father, grandfather, great grandfather, etc.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Mirko Topalović
Laki Topalović
Milutin Topalović
Aksentije Topalović
Kristina
Đenka
Bili Piton
Maksimilijan Topalović
