Underplayed Gems

All That Jack's (1980)

All That Jack's poster
Original title
Majstori, majstori
Directed by
Goran Marković
Genre
drama film
Country
Yugoslavia
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film follows a group of handymen working in a Belgrade apartment building during the 1950s. It shows their everyday jobs and interactions with the residents, mixing humor with small personal dramas.

comediclightheartedwarmnostalgicplayfulslightly bittersweetearthy

What happens

Majstori, majstori (lit. 'Handymen, Handymen', translated as All That Jack's) is a 1980 Yugoslav comedy film directed by Goran Marković. It has since become a classic of Serbian cinema. It was digitally restored for its 40th anniversary in a joint effort by the Yugoslav Film Archive and Vip mobile. The film is named after the first verse of the poem Handymen in the House by writer Aleksandar Sekulić, which is recited in one of the final scenes by a drunken teacher played by Aleksandar Berček. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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