Branko Crnogorac 'Kareli'

Zilnik's 102 minutes long TV series is about a couple of guys, one good and naive, the other liar and manipulator, trying to make a living the best they can...Along the way they meet a guy who eats glass, metal and plates, then a couple of strippers, and a lot of ordinary people. Zilnik's dry realistic approach is filled with humour and documentary parts with some real peasants and working-class people.

Branko Crnogorac Kareli is one of the famous, though bizarre characters in pop culture of Ex Yugoslavia. Former circus and film hero, known for his ability to digest almost anything, a superman from the plains today is a humble citizen. His former world fame has replaced the retirement life in Vojvodina province. The memories of his adventurous past is still coming up and over them occasionally hangs a dark shadow of repentance...