Belgrade. Mirko and Nada kiss out in the public, so a police officer asks for their ID. Mirko protests and is brought to the police station, where he explains Nada is his wife for 20 days now, but they didnt tell their parents since they were only married to get a government-funded apartment for married couples... A masseur, nicknamed "Doctor", helped a boxer, Perry, but is too late to attend his boxing match since the seats are sold out. Using a trick that he is a doctor, the security guard opens the gate of the fence and lets him in. The Doctor watches the boxing match and even gives suggestions to Perry how to fight, who wins the match. Afterwards, the Doctor waits to see Perry, but he doesn't have time for him and rushes with his managers in a car... A shy guy wants to invite a girl to dance during a Jazz party, but other guys beat him to the punch. The girl is insulted that he ignores her, but they eventually make up and dance.
Included in a 1 9 9 6 poll of the local Board of the Academy of Film Art and Science as one of the 10 best Serbian films of the 20th century, "Saturday Night" is an anthology of three stories, but the first one is definitely the best, as the other two pale somewhat in comparison. The said first segment is practically a comedy, building its humor on the awkward behavior of a young couple, Mirko and Nada, as they are for some reason interogated for kissing out in public by a police officer, and thus the viewers find out more about their lives, which makes them look even weirder. For instance, it turns out they were married 20 days ago, but Nada, a student who lives with her parents and sister in a small apartment, didn't say anything to her family (!) and still keeps it a secret. The situation becomes more and more twisted at the police station, where Nada's angry father shows up, demanding answers, all leading to a comical resolution, while also giving a commentary on the problems of finding accommodation in urban areas. The second story is more melancholic and sad, but it also has some humorous scenes (a security guard works on his first day, hears that there is a "doctor" among the people in the crowd standing at the gate of a boxing hall, so he lets said man inside, but as he opens the gate around twenty other people also rush to enter the premises with him). Its main theme is lonely people who live on the margins and are ignored by others because they are ugly looking, and no matter what they do, they still remain hapless. The third story is fine, but did not develop its thin premise of a guy and a girl who like each other, but constantly fail to engage due to misunderstandings and jumping to wrong conclusions, though it also profits from the director Vladimir Pogacic's elegant sense for natural story flow.
Grade:++
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