GOD FORBID GREATER EVIL

Eleven-year-old Frula lives with his family in a small village in the provinces of the Yugoslavia of the Sixties. Frula’s sister is a cocky old bag, his mother an over-protective hen, and his granny finds something wrong with everything. The father is always in a bad mood, frustrated by his work, and alternately bitches about the Communists or about independent idlers such as Frula’s uncle Emil. Emil doesn’t believe in politics but only in having fun. He seduces Frula’s attractive music teacher and earns his money by dealing with Italian designer coats and condoms in the black market until he is one day taken away by the police. Frula spends his spare time preferably in the local cinema. There they show lots of American westerns, which always deal with honour, friendship, and love. It is in this cinema where Frula meets his own true love: Hana, the film projectionist’s daughter. It is love at first sight. But several years will pass before the two get closer to each other. As a teenager, Frula not only discovers the appeal of the other sex but also of rock music. Together with his friends he wants to form a band. Frula already has a guitar. Now all that’s left is to raise the money for the expensive amplifier.