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) and gets a job due to those connections. Having discovered corruption in the company, coupled with his idealist views, he comes in conflict with his father-in-law Branko (

Boris Buzančić Boris Buzančić (13 March 1929 – 9 October 2014) was a Croatian actor and politician who served as the 47th Mayor of Zagreb between 1990 and 1993. A native of Bjelovar, Buzančić began acting very early. He appeared in numerous films and TV ...

) and the rest of the establishment. The film was noted for its innovative use of soundtrack, created by Slovenian band ''

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''. The band received the

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award on the 1979 Pula Film Festival for the soundtrack.

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* 1979 films 1970s Croatian-language films Croatian drama films 1979 drama films Yugoslav drama films {{Croatia-film-stub