
Overview
Young seamstress Ivana leaves work in the tailor shops in Novi Pazar and accepts an offer to be a waitress in a private cafe in Gusinje, Montenegrin town on the Yugoslav-Albanian border. She meets a waitress with whom she becomes fast friends. Brothers Skeljzen and Becir come to Gusinje from New York for the holidays and meet with the waitresses, starting a love affair. Young men promise the girls marriage and going to America.
Top Cast
Ivana Žigon
Ivana
Škeljzen Ujević
Škeljzen

Lidija Stevanović
Goca
Seljo Šabović
Šećo
Bećir Ujević
Bećir
Pero Đuričanin
Nijaz Habibović
Nebojša Manić
Milomir Marić
Fehim Muminović
Avdo Pjetrović
Srećko Purišić
Key Film Crew
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