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Besa (2009)
106 min | Drama, Romance

Besa (2009)

106 min | Drama, Romance

At the very beginning of the World War I, Filip, a Serb and the principal of a gymnasium in a small Serbian town, is summoned urgently to Belgrade to serve in the war effort. He has no one to leave his wife Lea with. She is a young and ...See moreAt the very beginning of the World War I, Filip, a Serb and the principal of a gymnasium in a small Serbian town, is summoned urgently to Belgrade to serve in the war effort. He has no one to leave his wife Lea with. She is a young and pretty Slovenian woman, a teacher of rhythmics and dance he met while studying in Western Europe. Azem, an illiterate, patriarchal Albanian, the school custodian, gives Filip his solemn oath, his 'Besa' (in the Albanian tradition: when someone gives their word which must be kept even if they lose their life in the process) that he would look after Lea and see to it that nothing happened to her. Two Europeans, from two entirely different cultures and habits are forced to an awkward cohabitation in the empty school. While the war rages in the background and gets menacingly closer, their interaction develops from hatred, through intolerance, to tolerance and an unusual friendship. Circumstances gradually draw Lea and Azem, a Christian woman and a Muslim man, into a complex forbidden relationship - something like love! More than merely a romantic story, this movie is a paradigm of profound ethnic and class divisions in Europe in the early 20th century which some of them prevail to this day. Written by Anonymous See less

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic Azem (as Miki Manojlovic) Azem (as Miki Manojlovic) See fewer	Underground (1995)
Iva Krajnc Lea Lea See fewer	Guardian of the Frontier (2002)
Radivoje Bukvic Porucnik Jevrem Porucnik Jevrem See fewer	A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
Nebojsa Dugalic Filip Filip See fewer	Civil Servant (2019)
Ana Kostovska Uciteljica Uciteljica See fewer	Bal-Can-Can (2005)
Jovo Maksic Mane Mane See fewer	Dara of Jasenovac (2020)
Radivoj Knezevic Posilni Posilni See fewer	Ariadne's Thread (2014)
Nikola Krneta Vojnik Vojnik See fewer	Sword of Vengeance (2015)
Slobodan Filipovic Zandarm Zandarm See fewer	Monument to Michael Jackson (2014)
Péter Ferenc Kemal (as Ferenc Péter) Kemal (as Ferenc Péter) See fewer	Black Sun (2017)
Jadranka Bulatovic Gradjanka Gradjanka See fewer	Besa (2009)
Anita Coli Unuka 1 Unuka 1 See fewer	Besa (2009)
Azem Coli Unuk 2 Unuk 2 See fewer	Besa (2009)
Denis Coli Unuk 1 Unuk 1 See fewer	Besa (2009)
Stanimir Mancic Mita Mita See fewer	Besa (2009)
Jovana Mladenovic Unuka 2 Unuka 2 See fewer	Three (2023)
Boza Petrovic Dobosar Dobosar See fewer	Besa (2009)
Milan Cvika Popovic Covek sa polucilindrom Covek sa polucilindrom See fewer	Blow Up Bar (2016)
Medo Radovic Svestenik Svestenik See fewer	Besa (2009)