Selo gori, a baba se ceslja

This show changed me to my core. Comedy masterpiece. My favorite character is definitely Radasin, but I think that Zota is also underrated, regardless of his short screen time, but I don't want to spoil the show. Characters in this show have depth, emotions and feel very real, like people you know in your life. Best part is when Radasin is staring at ass of Zota's sister in law, and his casket falls off the tractor. Truly a cinematic masterpiece. Yes, people say Sopranos and Breaking Bad are best shows they have ever watched, but this hidden gem of Serbian cinematography is right here, waiting to be discovered and appreciated. I am working two jobs to support my kids and after work I watch this show to have some me time. I don't know where I would be without this show. I want my kids to learn something from this show, so they can become the best version of themselves, like Radasin, when he threw dynamite at the IRS. Amazing watch, 10/10.

My favorite Serbian series.

One of the best Serbian comedies.

To anyone who is from the Balkans and has not watched, I recommend to watch immediately.

Great!

Great screenplay effort and well made drama. Unfortunately the show is loaded with cliches and nationalist stereotypes. The portrayal of non-Serbs (westerners, other Yugoslavs) is blatantly stereotypical, nationalistic and unrealistic. Even the Serbs are portrayed as slaves to religious and nationalist stereotypes. The division on urban and rural is black (urban) and white (rural). Villagers are portrayed as utterly primitive which could be excused for humor but the author Rados Bajic has made it dramatic as well. The son "Radoslav" is a vehicle for various political criticism whether against "Europe" or against what is perceived modern Serbian politics. This seems rather strange when the character himself is a complete mess (two-timing father, unfinished student, unqualified immigrant - somehow he got visas and work in both Sweden and Canada, unknown source of income etc ...) which is drawn from some type of illusive Serbian medieval values and "traditions" which is rather typical of Serbian nationalism. I felt sorry for Serbs if their doctors, police inspectors, state administrators, and judges constantly smoke, get drunk, and fight in bars though perhaps that is really true. It is watchable but could have been better than a pretentious soap opera it has become.

Selo gori, a baba se ceslja has some great performances - Manda, Dragan, and others truly shine and give life to the story. But the problem lies in Rados Bajic's outdated narrative. He plays a "charming womanizer," constantly cheating on his wife, and the show treats it as something funny or acceptable. That might have worked decades ago, but today it feels shallow and embarrassing. It also gives a misleading example to men, implying that such behavior is acceptable, which clearly doesn't hold in modern society. Instead of showing real rural life and honest human struggles, the series turns into self-promotion and old-fashioned male vanity. It could have been a beautiful, heartfelt story - but it got lost in its own clichés.

This show is the great saga about Serbian rural and not only rural characters. Each person is a little bit the representative of one type of the way of living and thinking in Serbia these days , years and decades. The contrast between family past, social tradition, history, economic and political boundaries on one side and human's unlimited wishes to have the maximum of the life trying, often unsuccessfully, to overcome such boundaries, reshape each character and gives to the show a lot of humor mixed with the inevitable compassion for human's tragic weakness...