Promise Me This
Genres
Overview
An old man named Zivojin Markovic, living in a remote village prays for his grandson Cane to go to the city, sell his cow and bring back a wife. In the city he is supposed to meet up with his grandfather's stepbrother, but this man is dead. Instead, he meets this man's two grandsons, two good-natured brothers who are nevertheless small-time criminals and experts in demolition. Cane soon clicks with these men, and also falls in love with a schoolgirl (Jasna), who he wants to marry as part of his testament with his grandfather. He gets involved in this girl's family affairs, rescuing both her and her mother from prostitution and gangsters headed by a man called Bajo, and the new group of people return to the small village in time to celebrate Zivojin's wedding to his neighbor, despite the gangsters' best efforts to stop the celebration, which results in a double wedding.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
123 min
Release Date
2007-05-26
Status
Released
Original Language
Serbian
Vote Count
81
Vote Average
6.6
Marija Petronijević
Jasna
Uroš Milovanović
Cane
Aleksandar Berček
Deda, Živojin Marković
Predrag Laković
Gazda
Ljiljana Blagojević
Bosa, učiteljica
Miki Manojlović
Mafijaški bos Bajo
Ivan Maximov
Inspektor
Kosanka Đekić
Jasnina majka
Stribor Kusturica
Topuz
Vladan Milojević
Runjo
Stanoje Bogićević
Cvaka
Slavko Tošić
Mrga
Željko Terzić
Zeka
Nenad Filipović
Zuba
Mihajlo Todorović
Službenik
Marija Kovačević
Pahuljica Milovanović
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