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The story follows four people who live in the same building, but avoid each other because of the differences in their assets, sexual habits, nationality and religion. On one floor in a very spacious apartment lives Vjeko Kralj, a 60-something, a somewhat affluent Croatian schoolteacher. By day he leads a highly disciplined life between teaching and caring for his elderly senile father. At night he dons women’s clothing and hits the local bars. Downstairs in a very cramped small apartment lives Maja Samardzic (a middle-aged nurse with her policeman husband who struggle to make ends meet each week. He is of Serbian heritage who, however, fought with the Croats during their ethnic wars. Their paths never cross with the teacher until one night Vjeko is brutally attacked by a bunch of homophobic thugs, and he is brought into the hospital where Maja is on duty. Now that Vjeko is temporary unable to be his father’s caregiver Maja takes over the role, and in return she asks that Vjeko help her dyslexic husband study for a exam on the Croatian Constitution that he needs to pass to be promoted to Sergeant. The two men do not get along well at all as asides from their different social backgrounds, the policeman is Serbian whilst Vjeko is a Croat, and there is still no love lost between these two [adapted from QueerGuru]
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