Breakdown - 1978

Breakdown 1978 Directed by Miloš 'Miša' Radivojević Kvar

A journalist lives his smooth citizen life, married to a woman from respected family. But, conflicts with manager at work are becoming more often, his marriage is unstable and the outer manifestation of all this is a strange skin disease. Doctors recommend resting in nature and self-examination. In the mountains, in a lonely house near the lake, he meets a woman, also unadjusted and lonely. The consequences of this encounter are beneficial. Capable to love again, he gets his moral strength, and disease retreats. He breaks off his contacts with his wife's family and with "petit bourgeois" of his former life, confronts his boss and wins, realizing that this is only a first victory which has straightened him up.

Country Yugoslavia

Production Country Yugoslavia

Language Serbo-Croatian

Spoken Language Serbo-Croatian

Gnere Drama

Production Company Film Danas

Release Date 4 December 1978

91 mins