Handymen, Handymen (1980) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1980 · 83 mins · Serbo-Croatian

Directed by

Goran Marković

Starring

Mira Banjac, Bogdan Diklić, Mirjana Karanović, Aleksandar Berček, Ratko Tankosić, Branko Cvejić

When the elementary school staff set about organizing a retirement party for their long‑time cleaning woman, the evening quickly becomes more than a simple celebration. As preparations unfold, long‑standing grudges, unspoken attractions and hidden power dynamics among teachers, administrators and other employees surface, exposing the complicated web of relationships that have simmered beneath the school’s routine.