The chuckling style and nostalgic tone may be pure Neil Simon, but the content of this 1992 autobiographical feature by Goran Markovic is something else againa fascinating, pointed, satirical look at growing up in the former Yugoslavia in the mid-50s, obviously given more edge by the fact that it couldn’t have been made until fairly recently. The ten-year-old narrating heroan overweight worshiper of Marshal Tito sharing a cramped Belgrade apartment with his artistic parents as well as his grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousindevelops a crush on an older girl who’s an orphan. He, along with the girl, is selected to go on a camping trip to Tito’s homeland after writing a dutiful essay declaring that he loves the ruler more than his own parents; but he hits it off poorly with the tour leader and eventually has some second thoughts about Tito as well. Entertaining and often illuminating, this offers a much more interesting reevaluation of the 50s than most Hollywood equivalents. (JR)