Rondo

Year: 1966

Runtime: 95 mins

Language: Serbo-Croatian

Director: Zvonimir Berković

Drama

Each Sunday the solitary, cultured judge Mladen meets his friend, the sculptor Fedji, for a game of chess. As their meetings continue, Mladen becomes involved with Neda, Fedji’s wife, allowing a quiet love triangle to take shape. The chessboard serves as the film’s visual core, with every move echoing the characters’ shifting emotions and unspoken tensions.

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