Small village farmers grow tobacco which they are forced to sell to the government for next-to-nothing prices. This repeats with Italians during the WW2, and with the communists after the war. Boiling point is getting high.
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Dragan Maksimović
Luka
Rade Šerbedžija
Tomo
Gordana Kosanović
Mirna
Ivo Gregurević
Rajko
Marko Todorović
Bariša
Svetolik Nikačević
Blažo
Fabijan Šovagović
Ante
Velimir Živojinović
Žandarm
Zoran Radmilović
Fra Grga
Mirjana Kodžić
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