“Cock-a-doodle-do! What’s the problem?”

This heartwarming and explosive Montenegrin comedy is not only about a wedding. Charming traditions ironically blend with strict rules, authentic local chants, and crazy customs in a mad reunion. Muted accusations, hidden desires, and repeated flaws ignite a steamy conflict between hating relatives.

Two nights before the wedding day in a scenic village, physiotherapist Dragana doubts whether she really wants to get married. The celebration can’t be cancelled or postponed like the Olympics or the Eurovision. She loved noble Momir once but became displeased by his weaknesses and dutiful following advice on what to do and how to behave. Wise patriarch Leso negotiates one particularly cruel and sweet deal as part of a larger plan to alleviate the shame. Dragana has a problem: she dreams of injuring or rather killing the pathetic Momir! This is not fair, but everything must be lovely.

Ivan Marinović is probably the only Montenegrin, capable of making up such profoundly hilarious situations out of unhappiness, misery, selfishness, envy, illness, alcoholism, and wickedness. His debut comedy “The Black Pin” travelled to 50+ festivals and established the Balkan comic standard. Skilfully penned farce entangles an impressive gang of talented and awarded Balkan cinema stars in cheerful twists, weird drunk jokes, indecent affairs, absurd pranks, and the dance of fake smiles when your soul is just upset.

Edvinas Pukšta