The Bizarre Country
Seen it?1988 | 91 min | Drama, Science Fiction
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans. If you loved Mad Max: Fury Road or The Road, start here.
- The mood
- Thoughtful and character-driven.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 31 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
A man dies in a foreign land. On his deathbed he asks his son to bury his bones in his fatherland, a country of brave and honest people, a country of tragic but heroic past. His son wonders the world unsuccessfully looking for his father's home. He eventually finds the country in which people speak in his father's language, but everything else is absurd and unbelievable and does not fit his father's stories.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 612 people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Dragan Marinković
- Lazar RistovskiPutnik
- Jasmina AvramovićCrnokosa
- Dragan MaksimovićSlikar
- Enver PetrovciNovi šef policije
- Milija VukovićStari šef policije
- Milutin ButkovićViši činovnik ministarstva
- Milenko ZablaćanskiGitarista
- Branislav PlatišaViolinista
- Živojin 'Žika' MilenkovićMinistar poljoprivrede
- Branko PlešaMinistar inostranih poslova