''Grlom u jagode'' (Cyrillic: Грлом у јагоде, "The Unpicked Strawberries") is a 1975

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...

n TV series directed by

Srđan Karanović Srđan Karanović ( sr-Cyrl, Срђан Карановић, , born 17 November 1945) is a Serbian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1968. His film ''Miris poljskog cveća'' won the FIPRESCI prize at the 1978 Cannes ...

and co-written by Karanović and

Rajko Grlić Rajko Grlić (born 2 September 1947) is a Croatian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of film theory at Ohio University and artistic director of the Motovun Film Festival in Motovun, Croatia. Biography Rajko Grlić wa ...

. Depicting the life and times of a young man nicknamed Bane Bumbar, the series achieved huge popularity throughout

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...

. Revolving around Bane, his family, and his circle of friends, the series also portrays 1960s Belgrade,

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hung ...

and

Overview

Bane Bumbar is growing up in

Stara Karaburma Karaburma ( sr-cyr, Карабурма) is an urban neighborhood of the municipality of Palilula, Belgrade, Serbia. As of 2002, it has a population of 55,343 inhabitants. Name The name, Karaburma, is Turkish for ''black ring'' which is suppo ...

neighbourhood with his parents Sreta and Olja, his half-sister Seka Štajn (his mother's child form a previous marriage) and his maternal grandmother Elvira. His circle of friends includes characters such as Miki Rubiroza, Glupi Uške, Boca Čombe, as well as his off-and-on girlfriend Goca. Occasionally narrated by Bane and other characters from a distance of 10–15 years, each one of ''Grlom u jagodes 10 episodes depicts a different year from 1960 to 1969, inclusive, with Bane's various endeavours, concerns, education, love life, etc. taking center stage during each particular episode.

Main characters

*Bane Bumbar is a city kid growing up in post-

war War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...

Belgrade, the capital of

communist Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...

. Born Branislav Živković to parents Sreta and Olja, both of whom fought in the

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

on the

Partisan Partisan may refer to: Military * Partisan (weapon), a pole weapon * Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line Films * ''Partisan'' (film), a 2015 Australian film * '' Hell River'', a 1974 Yugoslavian film also kno ...

side, his birth date is in 1945, couple of days before the war officially ended.

Episodes

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grlom U Jagode Radio Television of Serbia original programming 1976 Yugoslav television series debuts 1976 Yugoslav television series endings Television series set in the 1960s Serbian drama television series Serbian-language television shows 1970s Yugoslav television series Television shows set in Belgrade Television shows filmed in Belgrade Coming-of-age television shows