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β 5.5 Β· 1993 Β· 110m Β· Romance Β· Drama
A Yugoslav stage actor marries an American girl in Belgrade and has a child with her, when his career downhill out of political reasons he develops a drinking habit, his wife leaves him and takes their daughter to U.S.A.
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