故事发生在波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那(波黑)，1991年，南斯拉夫社会主义联邦共和国解体之后，南斯拉夫内战之前，在德国流放了20多年的主人公开着梅赛德斯载着20岁的女友回到故乡黑塞哥维那。电影改编自波黑著名作家IvicaĐikić的同名小说。by54f8inThefilmissetintheHerzegovinapartofBosniaandHerzegovinaintheearly1990s,afterthedissolutionofYugoslavia,andslightlybeforetheYugoslavWars.Ittellsanemotionalstoryofamancomingbacktohishometownaftermanyyearsabroadanddealingwithhispastandcurrentfamily,usingthepoliticaldealingsoftheregionasabackdrop.ItisbasedonthenovelCirkusColumbiabywellknownBosnianwriterIvicaĐikić.BosniaandHerzegovina,1991.ThecommunistshavefallenfrompowerandDivkoBunticreturnstothesmalltownwherehegrewuptoreclaimhisfamilyhome.Aftera20-yearexileinGermany,DivkoarrivesinhisflashyredMercedeswithsexyyounggirlfriendAzra,luckyblackcatBonnyandapocketfulofDeutschmarks.DivkouseshismoneyandconnectionstoforcefullyevictestrangedwifeLucija,buthetriestoreunitewith20-year-oldsonMartin.WhenDivko’sbelovedcatBonnydisappears,thewholetownjoinsinafranticsearchtogetthecashreward.ThedailyhuntforthemissingcatstrainsDivko’sfragilerelationshipwithAzraandopensupanunexpectedbutstrongattractionbetweenAzraandMartin.Busyfrettingovereverydayconcerns,mostofthetownsfolkseemtodisregardtherumblingpoliticalunrest:Croatiahasseceded,allYugoslavsarebeingforcedtotakesides,andtheSerbsbeginbombingDubrovnik.
