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Tonight we will transmit

the basketball game live.

Yugoslavia takes on

the United States.

The American team is on the ropes,

but don't count it out.

BARE GROUND:

Prices are going up.

I buy tofu from the Chinese.

Cheap and healthier than meat.

I wouldn't buy food from a Chink.

They're so dirty.

Bras and umbrellas maybe,

but no food.

I don't buy anything from them.

They don't speak Serbian.

They're so sassy.

Like our new clerk.

She even slept with guys

who didn't want her.

- Morning. Sorry, I'm late.

- Morning.

No off-white bread today.

No People's Bread at all?

No, only the organic kind.

We're going to starve.

Any off-white for me?

I've been craving it.

- When did you arrive?

- This morning.

I'm out 11 days early

on good behavior.

You look good.

Not scruffy at all.

Three hearty meals a day.

My late Dragica couldn't match that.

Fresh air, social work.

Now I'm a skilled locksmith.

I can change your door locks for free.

Your locks

are sitting ducks for burglars.

Easy prey.

- Welcome, Ostoja.

- Good to see you, Blatobrk.

- Know what I've been thinking of?

- What?

Who might be f***ing our Ostoja

in Zabela Prison?

- In Zabela.

- It wasn't Zabela.

I was in Mitrovica.

There weren't any gays.

They allow conjugal visits.

So, you got married in prison?

If I weren't a nice guy,

I'd pluck your mustache.

You can pluck me a bit lower.

Dragan...

- Morning, Dragan.

- Morning.

The organic one, again?

Yes.

- Here you are.

- Thanks.

Paja!

Traffic accident?

If I weren't a nice guy,

I might be glad.

Hey, Nikola.

- You play great.

- What brings you here?

I work as a night watchman

here on the building site.

- Do you come here every day?

- Not quite.

More often since my mother died.

How's Svetlana doing?

She's the newslady on Pink TV.

We're VIPs.

We'll have to watch her.

Come to watch the game.

I'll watch it here alone.

- My ax was of some use.

- A big help.

Dragan, don't do anything stupid.

- Nothing stupid. Only smart things.

- Bye.

Know what would have been smart?

If I had let you ax him back then.

In front of the elevator.

That would have been smart.

This is for you

and for Granny Ruza.

She's been gone a while.

She died that very night

when you...

- When it happened.

- Condolences.

Thanks. Sorry, I'm in a rush.

My new boarder is coming.

Thanks for the coffee and the candy.

- Evening, Dara.

- Oh, it's you.

Is Paja in?

I've popped corn for the game.

- He's busy.

- What?

Too busy for basketball?

Dara?

- I thought I heard the doorbell.

- You're mistaken.

Ostoja, you're free again?

- We could watch the game.

- What game?

Basketball against the U.S.

Don't you know we're playing?

My doc won't let me watch sports.

Have a nice evening.

Same to you.

Evening, neighbor.

Evening.

I see you're watching

and my TV is on the blink...

- Such things happen.

- There was a white spot and then...

Must be the screen.

It's gone for good.

- Am I disturbing you?

- Not at all.

- Take a seat.

- Thanks, neighbor.

You're watching alone?

- Alone.

- My Dragica used to hate sports.

But she rooted

for Yugoslavia's national team.

I see we're ahead.

If only we could beat the Yanks.

- Who?

- The Americans.

Like we beat the others.

In prison we celebrated each

victory. We cried like babes.

If only we could retaliate

for everything they did to us.

War, misery, bombs...

If only we could screw them.

Did you do this all by yourself?

Yes.

- Sprinklers and the works?

- Yes.

Everything you see.

It's beautiful.

I would have planted box trees.

How come nobody touches it?

People sh*t on the ground

when I was in charge.

Maybe they got scared.

After everything that happened.

Seven years earlier, autumn 1995

You must be the new neighbors.

- On Level 3.

- I'm on 5.

- Ostoja, block president.

- Dragan.

Your predecessors were slobs.

Hope you aren't.

We'll behave.

- Come on, Petar.

- Is it heavy?

Today the world's eyes

are on Dayton.

We are here to conclude peace

for the heart of Europe.

I hope that one day

Dayton will be remembered

as a place where we buried

the hatchet in former Yugoslavia.

F***!

Especially Bosnia-Herzegovina.

A f***ing cat

is tearing my pajamas apart!

Is this a jungle or what?

What happened

to our shitty cat catchers?

- Are you nuts?

- Where are you running, idiot?

People can't work

after your nightlong music.

- Some work, some have fun.

- Shame on you!

Speeding in an urban area.

Things are going to change.

You won't screw me for long.

Beautiful. Gorgeous.

It suits the boys.

- Cute.

- My grandchild gets only knitwear.

The rascal rips it all up.

Like a wolf rips sheepskin.

Our new neighbor

is dressed up fit to kill.

Her poor child

wears store-bought clothes.

That Croatian woman?

I've heard a lot about them.

Do you know what she plays?

The flute of all things.

- She wears lace stockings.

- Slut.

- Morning.

- Hello, neighbor.

- Going shopping?

- No, to work.

- Your husband's babysitting?

- He's off days this week.

She smells like a perfume store.

I told you she's a slut.

She's probably in the "escort" trade.

Good morning!

Got stuck in a bus?

- No?

- Really?

- There was no bus.

- How are you, neighbor?

F***ed up.

She's also rude. No upbringing.

Comes from the sticks,

acts like she owns the place.

Ladies! She's barenaked.

- There's the off-white.

- Open, the bread's here.

I want a well-done loaf.

- Six for my grandchildren.

- Two for me.

Stuff yourselves.

I need the hose.

Turn the water on.

Gypsies, here's a coin to buy a van.

My dear wife, before you died,

you hid absolutely everything.

Even all the cord.

- Petar, you're going to fall!

- I want to see a brass band.

You'll see them in Kusturica's films.

What's that?

What the hell is that?

Will you beat it!

We're not in a zoo.

- Beat it!

- This is an artistic performance.

You motherf***er!

We'll see who's a motherf***er!

- I'll call the police!

- Those cocksuckers!

What?

I'll teach you a lesson.

Now I'll give them a licking.

Here I come, you bastards.

Are you running away?

Think you can sh*t on us?

Even musicians need a permit.

I have plans for this bare land.

Suck my dick, motherf***er!

Swallow it.

Don't chew your cud.

Chew it and down the hatch.

Stop playing hooky.

You spit loaves every day.

I tell people I'm feeding grandkids.

I buy six loaves every day.

You're nuts!

- Yes, I'm nuts. - You are!

Please, another mouthful.

- Good morning.

- Morning, neighbor.

- Going to the Danube?

- For a ride.

- Your wife dislikes the Danube?

- It's no Adriatic.

She does, but rivers aren't seas.

Rivers have good sides.

- How true.

- Why did she move inland then?

Bye.

These musicians are killing me.

Gypsies, junkies, and now classical.

I couldn't drive

with that funeral music on.

- You can't drive anyway.

- True.

You'll rub the paint off that car.

Come upstairs.

Immediately!

You're afraid of her, right?

You'd be too if she were your wife.

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