How the War Started on My Island

How the War Started on My Island Croatian Kako je poeo rat na mom otoku is a 1996 Croatian black comedy film directed by Vinko Brean and starring Vlatko Duli, Ljubomir Kereke, Ivan Brki, Predrag Vuovi, Ivica Vidovi, Boidar Orekovi and Matija Prskalo. The film was shot on location in Primoten and ibenik.

Gajski finds the situation on the island tense the police have surrounded the barracks, locals are picketing the garrison, and the local commanders go in to negotiate a peaceful surrender of the compound with barracks commander major Aleksa Ljubomir Kereke. However, Aleksa brushes them off, has the barracks rigged with explosives and threatens to blow everything up in case of any attempts to take the garrison by force. In response, islanders stage a nonstop festival in front of the compound, with rock bands and marching bands playing music, and with islanders reciting poems and giving speeches including Aleksas own wife in the hope of convincing Aleksa to back down.Meanwhile, the locals commander has the garrisons power and phone lines cut. The locals then intercept an army radio transmission and, posing as army command, tell Aleksa not to do anything until a colonel Kostadinovi arrives to give him detailed instructions, in order to buy more time to wear him down. After failing to get in the garrison or contact the commander, Gajski tries to get help from the locals in getting his son released, but everyone on the island seems completely engrossed by their own role in the events. In the resulting stalemate, he manages to get in the barracks posing as a JNA officer, retrieves his son and defuses the situation. ........

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