In 1985, four middle-aged Yugoslav emigres return to Belgrade for the funeral of Mariana, their beautiful compatriot. They called her Esther, for Esther Williams, she was the coxswain for their four-man rowing team, and they each loved her. They'd last seen her in 1953, when they rowed her across the Adriatic, pregnant, to join her exiled father in Italy. In flashbacks we learn the story of their youthful baptism into sex, smoking, rock and roll (Hey Ba-ba-re-bop), Hollywood and Swedish films, blue jeans on the black market, and their rivalry with Ristic, the Communist Party youth leader for whom they had instant antipathy.
Ester

Glen

Saša

Kića

Pop

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Glen (stariji)

Saša (stariji)

Kića (stariji)

Rile (stariji)

Glenov otac

Kićina majka

Rada Švercerka

Liza, Sašina baka

Dr. Svetislav Popović, Popov otac

Major Aleksa Živković, Esterin otac

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Anđelković

Tom, Džoov šef

Profesorka srpskog jezika

Policijski inspektor

Veslač Partizana I

Veslač Partizana II

Policijski agent I

Policijski agent II

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Šef policije (uncredited)