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Wikipedia article




'Cheese and Jam' (, also known as 'Cottage Cheese and Marmalade') is a 2003 comedy drama about the relationship between a Bosnian man and a Slovene woman, though the film begins with an explanation that it is about the stigmatized minority of any nation. The story is set in Slovenia.

Characters



*Branko uri as Boo, the beer-drinking, football-watching, jobless guy from Bosnia.

*Tanja Ribi as pela, his Slovene wife who loves him, but after some fights decides to leave.

*Dragan Bjelogrli as Goran, Boo's criminal friend who finds the job for Boo when he asks him for help.

Plot



pela, a younger Slovene woman lives with Bosnian boyfriend Boo. She has a job while Boo is unemployed and prefers staying at home, drinking beer and watching TV. After pela leaves Boo because of his laziness and lack of will to find a job and moves back to her parents, he asks his friend Goran for help and gets a job as a Mickey Mouse impersonator at a local fair. A chance meeting with pela leaves her less than impressed due to the simplicity of the job which seems ridiculous to her. Reluctantly, Boo accepts Goran's offer for a job involving smuggling illegal immigrants from Slovenia to Italy.

However, Goran loses his nerves and forces the immigrants to end their trip before they arrive to Italy - which doesn't go unnoticed by his boss after the immigrants are found by the police. After deceiving his boss, Goran is beaten, but he and Boo are offered a second chance: together with two thugs, they are to intimidate an innkeeper who had stopped paying protection money. Coincidentally, pela is also there, celebrating her father's birthday. After the initial surprise she verbally attacks Boo for joining the criminals but she is immediately molested by one of the thugs. Seeing this, Boo attacks him with a bottle, causing the other one to pull out a gun and shoot Boo.

Following this incident, the thugs are arrested, Boo is taken to the hospital and Goran is beaten once again. After recovering from the wounds, Boo considers committing suicide, but changes his mind. pela returns to him and tells him she is pregnant. The film ends with Boo, pela and their daughter who are now a happy family.

Release and reception



125,000 tickets were sold on the film's release to Slovenian cinemas and it currently holds the Slovenian record for domestic film attendance.

Branko uri won a Grand Golden Roll for the film.

Branko uri is the real life husband of Tanja Ribi. The role of Boo and pela's daughter is played by their daughter, Zala uri-Ribi.


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