Hey Babu Riba

Hey Babu Riba

112 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 23, 1985

In 1985, four middle-aged Yugoslav emigres return to Belgrade for the funeral of Mariana, their beautiful compatriot. They called her Esther, for Esther Williams, she was the coxswain for their four-man rowing team, and they each loved her. They'd last seen her in 1953, when they rowed her across the Adriatic, pregnant, to join her exiled father in Italy. In flashbacks we learn the story of their youthful baptism into sex, smoking, rock and roll (Hey Ba-ba-re-bop), Hollywood and Swedish films, blue jeans on the black market, and their rivalry with Ristic, the Communist Party youth leader for whom they had instant antipathy.

Hey Babu Riba

112 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 23, 1985

Hey Babu Riba
In 1985, four middle-aged Yugoslav emigres return to Belgrade for the funeral of Mariana, their beautiful compatriot. They called her Esther, for Esther Williams, she was the coxswain for their four-man rowing team, and they each loved her. They'd last seen her in 1953, when they rowed her across the Adriatic, pregnant, to join her exiled father in Italy. In flashbacks we learn the story of their youthful baptism into sex, smoking, rock and roll (Hey Ba-ba-re-bop), Hollywood and Swedish films, blue jeans on the black market, and their rivalry with Ristic, the Communist Party youth leader for whom they had instant antipathy.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Smart Egg Pictures, Avala Film, Inex Film, Centar film, Esplendor
Original title Bal na vodi
Directors Jovan Aćin
Writers Jovan Aćin

Cast

Gala Videnović

as Ester

Milan Štrljić

as Rile

Relja Bašić

as Glen (stariji)

Marko Todorović

as Saša (stariji)

Miloš Žutić

as Kića (stariji)

Dragomir Bojanić 'Gidra'

as Rile (stariji)

​Ljubiša Samardžić

as Glenov otac

Ružica Sokić

as Kićina majka

Danica Maksimović

as Rada Švercerka

Tatjana Lukjanova

as Liza, Sašina baka

Rade Marković

as Dr. Svetislav Popović, Popov otac

Petar Banićević

as Major Aleksa Živković, Esterin otac

Dušan Janićijević

as Viši policijski službenik

Predrag Ejdus

as Anđelković

Josif Tatić

as Tom, Džoov šef

Svetlana Novak

as Profesorka srpskog jezika

Božidar Pavićević 'Longa'

as Policijski inspektor

Boris Komnenić

as Veslač Partizana I

Branko Vidaković

as Veslač Partizana II

Ljubomir Ćipranić

as Policijski agent I

Predrag 'Preža' Milinković

as Policijski agent II

Galiano Pahor

as Šef policije (uncredited)