Who's Singin' Over There?
Why this pick
Its crowded ensemble, deadpan absurdity and affectionate eye for ordinary people echo the comic-chaotic family texture and satirical spirit of Tito and Me.
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Why this pick
Its crowded ensemble, deadpan absurdity and affectionate eye for ordinary people echo the comic-chaotic family texture and satirical spirit of Tito and Me.
Why this pick
This mordant Yugoslav classic shares Tito and Me's heightened, affectionate caricature: family dysfunction becomes a witty lens on inherited social absurdities.
Why this pick
Though set after Yugoslavia's breakup, its Balkan setting and dry, humane humour turn political aftermath into an intimate, character-led story rather than a lecture.
Why this pick
It pairs political transition with family comedy and nostalgic bittersweetness, much as Tito and Me lets a young person's domestic world refract an ideological era.
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01 / THE STORY
The movie is set in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the 1950s. Zoran is a slightly overweight 10-year-old living in an overcrowded home that his parents share with his grandmother, aunt and uncle. In the early communist era of Yugoslavia, many homes were taken away from their owners in the Land Reform programs.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Zoran

Raja

mother

Josip Broz Tito
Strahinja
policeman

grandpa
Borko