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The Promising Boy is a 1981 Yugoslav youth genre film. Overlapping with the emerging new wave scene that seemingly challenged many of the established social norms in communist Yugoslavia, the movie tells the story of a young man who goes from being a good son to rebellious misfit and back again.
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The early 1980s were rather grim and depressive times in Yugoslavia due to economic woes that would escalate and a decade later contribute to the violent collapse of the country. Yet, even that dark period had something that would become an object of nostalgia among certain segments of the population – fans of New Wave music. The sudden proliferation and popularity of imaginative and often iconoclastic New Wave band…More
