Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota . How I Was Systematically Destroyed by an Idiot

The death of Che Guevara shocked Babi Papuška, a homeless idealist from the social margins of Belgrade who still believes in a better world. After he gets disappointed in his “ideal love” Rita and in the authorities who deny him the status of disabled worker, he throws himself in front of the car, b...

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Other Authors: Šijan, Slobodan
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:Serbian
Published: CFS Koštunjak Beograd ; Union film Beograd 1983
Yugoslavia
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:c127a422-9da3-40c7-85bb-c5a53a774260
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dateSpan 1983
description The death of Che Guevara shocked Babi Papuška, a homeless idealist from the social margins of Belgrade who still believes in a better world. After he gets disappointed in his “ideal love” Rita and in the authorities who deny him the status of disabled worker, he throws himself in front of the car, but only breaks a leg. Time spent in hospital intensifies his paranoia about having cancer and in an attempt to “save his life” he leaves for a local health resort where he spreads Marxist propaganda, until the lack of money and acceptance make him return to Belgrade. He meets Rita again and they leave for Babi’s home village where he tries to finish his life-long autobiographical work, which has the same title as the film. After an unsuccessful attempt to claim his father’s inheritance he escapes to Belgrade, getting there just in time for the 1968 student protest. Seeing in it “the revolution” he was always waiting for, Babi wants to join in, but turns out to be too radical for the student leaders. When the police arrive to arrest him, Babi commits suicide with his farewell lines ready.
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institution Open Society Archives at Central European University
language Serbian
publishDate 1983
publisher CFS Koštunjak Beograd ; Union film Beograd
Yugoslavia
spellingShingle Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota . How I Was Systematically Destroyed by an Idiot
[Fiction film]
title Kako sam sistematski uništen od idiota . How I Was Systematically Destroyed by an Idiot
topic [Fiction film]
url http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:c127a422-9da3-40c7-85bb-c5a53a774260