Young and Healthy as a Rose follows Stevan Nikolić, "Stiv", a petty criminal born in Belgrade, and his rise to power along with drugs, sex and with the help of the local police.
Directed by Jovan Jovanović
gun
gangster
outcast
social commentary
gun battle
mafia
stolen cars
mob boss
secret police
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.7 / 5
Cast
Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić
Stiv
Aleksandar Gavrić
Islednik
María Baxa
Danilo 'Bata' Stojković
Crew
Petar Dositej Aranđelović
Cinematography
Popular Reviews
6 reviews
YoavbergelPRO
10.0★ · 03/10/25
wow I have got a lot of things to say so let's start with the plot the film the film follows Stiv played masterfully by the late legend of the yugoslav cinema Dragan Nikolić stiv is a criminal trough out the film we see him from starting with small times crimes like robbing people killing going with prostitutes doing drugs and carjacking to rise to be one of the biggest criminals in the crime world of balgrde he even has a group of young followers who with their help they wrack a department store and afterwards they take over Hotel Jugoslavija and afterwards in a police chase he is shot and killed now that i talked about the plot let's get into the film itself the film is a part of the yugoslav black wave movement and it is shot in this franch new wave way with an hand held camera Petar Lalović really did a good job the film itself was shown only twice in yugoslavia once in the Pula Film Festival in Croatia and once in the Student's Cultural Center in Belgrade the government stopped screening of the film because of his perceived anti establishment the film was not shown in the former yugoslavia until 2006 and can I just say that this film maybe its not a well known film i highly recommend this film and the yugoslav black wave movement in general especially the films three Three (1965) and When I Am Dead and Gone (1967) which also has Dragan Nikolić in the lead anyway just a really unique and masterful film that i highly recommend
wow I have got a lot of things to say so let's start with the plot the film the film follows Stiv played masterfully by the late legend of the yugoslav cinema Dragan Nikolić stiv is a criminal trough out the film we see him from starting with small times crimes like robbing people killing going with prostitutes doing drugs and carjacking to rise to be one of the biggest criminals in the crime world of balgrde he even has a group of young followers who with their help they wrack a department store and afterwards they take over Hotel Jugoslavija and afterwards in a police chase he is shot and killed now that i talked about the plot let's get into the film itself the film is a part of the yugoslav black wave movement and it is shot in this franch new wave way with an hand held camera Petar Lalović really did a good job the film itself was shown only twice in yugoslavia once in the Pula Film Festival in Croatia and once in the Student's Cultural Center in Belgrade the government stopped screening of the film because of his perceived anti establishment the film was not shown in the former yugoslavia until 2006 and can I just say that this film maybe its not a well known film i highly recommend this film and the yugoslav black wave movement in general especially the films three Three (1965) and When I Am Dead and Gone (1967) which also has Dragan Nikolić in the lead anyway just a really unique and masterful film that i highly recommend
