On the Road to Katanga

(1987)

★ 5.7 IMDb · 7 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1987

Runtime: 106 мин

Country: Yugoslavia

Director: Živojin Pavlović

Cast: Svetozar Cvetković, Mirjana Karanović, Radoš Bajić, Ljiljana Lašić, Tone Solar, Fabijan Šovagović, Ljubiša Samardžić, Mirko Babić, Meto Jovanovski, Mladen Nelević

Plot

Obsessed by the dreams of a comfortable life, son of a coal miner comes back to his native country with plans to sell his father's house in order to travel to the African diamond mine in Katanga. Re-visiting of his hometown brings back his childhood trauma, and the nightmare of the old and new love, the events in and around the mine, all put his obsession with Katanga on test.