Poppaea Sabina part of Poppaea in the 1979 musical film of L'incoronazione di Poppea directed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. In Mel Brooks' 1968 film "The Producers", Leo Bloom is terrified at Max Bialystock when the large man stands over him, and, in reference to the ancient accounts of Poppaea's death, screams "You're going to jump on me. I know you're going to jump on me – like Nero jumped on Poppaea... Poppaea. She was his wife. And she was unfaithful to him. So he got mad and he jumped on her. Up and down, up and down, until he squashed her like a
Sabina K. however the society around them is not overly favorable towards their relationship, as they live in post-war Bosnia. Their only true champion is Ankica, whose son was killed in the war and who offers to host a wedding for them on the island of Korčula. In the spring Sabina travels to the island and awaits Saša's arrival, only for the man to never appear. She travels home, where she discovers that Saša has moved out of their shared apartment without explanation. Weeks pass and Sabina discovers she's pregnant. Her friends and family pressure her to get an abortion, which she