How the War Started on My Island (1996)

Original title

Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku

Directed by

Vinko Brešan

Genre

comedy film

Country

Croatia

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

On a small Croatian island during the Yugoslav Wars, the army and civilians find themselves in a farcical standoff. A group of locals tries to prevent a military unit from blowing up a statue of Lenin. The situation spirals into a series of absurd and comic misunderstandings.

satiricalabsurddarkly comictensechaoticbittersweetquirky

What happens

How the War Started on My Island (Croatian: Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku) is a 1996 Croatian black comedy film directed by Vinko Brešan and starring Vlatko Dulić, Ljubomir Kerekeš, Ivan Brkić, Predrag Vušović, Ivica Vidović, Božidar Orešković and Matija Prskalo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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