Renata Ulmanski Movies

While wedding are supposed to be happy occasions, one man's impending marriage leads to a series of bittersweet reunions in this drama from Serbia. Nele (Uliks Fehmiu) left Belgrade more than a decade ago to seek his fortune in Canada, and now that he's making a good living working in computers, he comes back home to his old neighborhood to marry Maya (Ana Markovic) in an arranged union. Nele finds his relationships with his male friends have become strained with the passage of time, especially Bure (Ljubomir Bandovic), who has married Nele's former girlfriend Ceca (Radmila Tomovic), and Mare (Nebojsa Glogovac), who has fallen into drug addiction. Both, however, have fared better than Nele's best pal Sima (Milos Vlalukin), who took his own life after Nele went away. While Nele's mother (Danica Ristovski) makes a fuss over him, he's more concerned with Sasha (Nada Sargin), another of his former girlfriends who is still attracted to him and makes him think twice about tying the knot with Maya, despite her obvious drinking problem. Sutra Ujutru (aka Tomorrow Morning) was screened as part of the "East of the West" series at the 2006 Karlovy Vary Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

At the time of this film's release, Lazar Ristovski was the most popular Yugoslavian actor on stage as well as on screen, having had recently played Blacky in Underground and the boxer in Bare Baruta. He was the director, producer, screenwriter, and lead actor of this first film about a tender-hearted bachelor who lives a happy life until he learns that his mother has just died. He takes a steam train and returns to his native village. During his journey, he mixes present time and past memories, meets beautiful creatures as well as horrid ones, and experiences picaresque life and death adventures. The film was screened in the International Critics' Week of the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, Rovi

In this Yugoslavian drama, produced in 1991, a gifted actor destroys his life with alcohol. Stamena is an American-Serb. She has come to Belgrade for a vacation. There she encounters and falls for a handsome rising star, Aleska. Though in love, the two must deal with cultural differences. She wants a job; he insists she stay home and raise the baby. He drinks all the time; she wants him to stop. He does and his career takes off with a popular TV series, and the acclaim he receives for his brilliant work on the stage. Unfortunately, the government shuts down his play. The despondent Aleska runs for the bottle. While drunk he is involved in a fatal traffic accident. He is sent to prison. Stamena promptly bundles up the baby and returns to the U.S. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

This is an uneven, complex comedy by femme director Soja Jovanovic, based on three different stories by the Serbian writer J.S. Popovic. The general idea is universally popular -- a con artist passes himself off as someone he is not and then cheerfully wreaks havoc in a small town. Along the way to chaos, there are several romantic sub-plots that offer their own brand of humor. Though with a wide array of characters, viewers may need a score card to keep track of them. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi