Russian Consul (Canadian Premiere)

The main character of the film, Serbian psychiatrist Ilija Jugović, after the death of his patient in Belgrade, goes to Prizren, Kosovo, under the punishment of the Party, where he gets a job as a general practitioner in a local hospital. There he meets history professor Ljubo Božović, the self-proclaimed “Russian Consul“, an apparently psychiatric patient who claims that soon “Russia will become Russia again, and Kosovo will be Serbian again“.

Local Albanian powerful, hidden separatists, also members of the Communist Party and cadres in positions are turning against him. The most powerful of them, Halit Berisha, evicts Serbs from Kosovo with various cruel pressures: he carries out violence against Serbian children in schools, intimidates the local population, prevents them from receiving health care, harasses families, instills insecurity and anxiety in them. So it was the turn of Ljubo Bozović, whom Berisha is trying to evict from the house and drive him away from Kosovo. The “Russian Consul“ refuses to sell his house and clashes with Berisha. Doctor Ilija Jugović stands under his protection. With Žarko Laušević, Nebojša Dugalić, Paulina Manov, Svetozar Cvetković, Visar Vishka, Danica Radulović, Mensur Shafqiu, Konstantin Fidanov, Petar Zekavica, Meto Jovanovski, Nada Macanković, Slaviša Čurović, Enver Petrovci, Tamara Aleksić.

Dešavanja koja su definisala budući suživot Srba i Albanaca na Kosovu. Naslovnu ulogu tumači nedavno preminuli glumac Žarko Laušević, što je ujedno bio i njegov poslednji film koji je u bogatoj karijeri snimio. Glavni junak filma, srpski doktor Ilija Jugović po kazni dobija premeštaj bolnicu u Prizrenu. Tu upoznaje profesora istorije Ljuba Božovića – RUSKOG KONZULA, naizgled psihijatrijskog pacijenta koji tvrdi da će uskoro “ Rusija opet postati Rusija, a Kosovo će opet biti srpsko”. Protiv Božovića se okreću lokalni albanski moćnici, separatisti. Oni pokušavaju da isele Božovića ali u njegovu zaštitu staje doktor Jugović.

Sunday, April 28
Doors 12:15 pm | Movie 12:45 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
Advance tickets $25+ s/c HERE | $28 at the door

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