Stand By (1991)
1h 30m
Running Time
January 1, 1991Release Date
Plot.
A painter gets infected by AIDS, and finds himself at disease clinic in Belgrade. He shared the hospital room with an ex-musician, junkie who tries to discontinue treatment and returns home to his wife. The painter believes in recovery through his paintings, believing that they have supernatural powers. In their room, the medics bring a boy suspected to be infected with the AIDS virus. Meanwhile, the musician's wife leaves him. Having desire for revenge, high on drugs and labile, he rapes nurse. The painter's health deteriorates and he dies. Shortly afterwards, the musician commits suicide. Only the boy remains in the room - a child of uncertain fate and in possession of dozens of "totemic paintings".
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Cast & Crew.
Branislav Zeremski
Zel
Srđan Pešić
Šipi
Ivan Katić
Prof. dr. Karaš
Savo Radović
Dr. Ivanović
Đurđija Cvetić
Sestra Olga
Irena Stepić
Dr. Sukova
Mirjana Bjegojević
Sestra Selena
Miloš Trifunović
Mali
Predrag Bjelac
Veliki
Lidija Bulajić
Majka
Elizabeta Đorevska
Sofi
Nebojša Mugoša
Pokojnik
Dubravka Ostojić
Novinarka
Aleksandar Habić
Composer
Mihajlo 'Bata' Paskaljević
Otac
Branka Sekulović
Inspektorka
Čeda Veselinović
Director / Writer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
painter
yugoslavia
suicide
aids