Highest Grossing Yugoslav movie ever

TESNA KOZA

Director: Mica Milosevic

Cast: Nikola Simic, Milan Gutovic, Irfan Mensur, Jelica Sretenovic

Tesna koza is an urban satire directed by one of the Yugoslav most commercial filmmakers and former film critic Mica Milosevic who was specialized in comedy. The movie still holds the title of Yugoslav highest grossing feature. Tesna koza had over million viewers in theatrical release in ex-Yugoslavia which is a great result if we know that ex-Yugoslavia had a population of 20 million in all. The movie has a cult following in Bulgaria and ex-USSR. The comedy itself strictly focuses on satirizing the Serbian mentality. The whole movie is full of hilarious one-liners that are, unfortunately, funny only to Yugoslavs. The style of script is strictly American and the mentioned style is of comic book origin. This means that characters are described not only through what they do but also through their whole appearance and looks. Simic is fine as the clerk who has lots of problems while Gutovic's performance is hilarious in the role of Simic's boss. Loads of bad taste are fortunately covered lots of laughs and thus Tesna koza still remains as the monument of Yugoslav commercial cinema...