How to Become a Hero

Mladen Maticevic is a 40 year old Serbian film director In the summer of 2005 he decided to try and run the full marathon race on the next Belgrade Marathon in the spring of 2006 This film depicts his struggle to train lose weight learn the tactics and eventually win the race His family doubts that such feat is possible while friends both encourage him and discourage him to pull it off Suddenly the whole marathon run becomes a metaphor for everyday struggles in postCommunist Belgrade