Hey Babu Riba (1987)

In 1985 four middleaged Yugoslav emigres return to Belgrade for the funeral of Mariana their beautiful compatriot They called her Esther for Esther Williams she was the coxswain for their fourman rowing team and they each loved her Theyd last seen her in 1953 when they rowed her across the Adriatic pregnant to join her exiled father in Italy In flashbacks we learn the story of their youthful baptism into sex smoking rock and roll Hey Babarebop Hollywood and Swedish films blue jeans on the black market and their rivalry with Ristic the Communist Party youth leader for whom they had instant antipathy