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.
suicide
painter
yugoslavia
aids