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On Saturday, April 5, 1941, one day before the Nazi invasion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a colourful group of random passengers on a country road deep in the heart of Serbia board a dilapidated KrstiÄ &amp; Son bus, headed for the capital Belgrade: two Gypsy musicians, a World War I veteran, a Germanophile, a budding singer, a sickly looking man, and a hunter with a shotgun. The bus is owned by KrstiÄ Sr., and driven by his impressionable son MiÅ¡ko.
Along the way, they are joined by a priest and a pair of young newlyweds who are on their way to the seaside for their honeymoon, and are faced with numerous difficulties: a flat tire, a shaky bridge, a farmer who's ploughed over the road, a funeral, two feuding families, KrstiÄ Jr.'s recruitment into the army, and a lost wallet. All these slow the bus down and expose rifts among the travelers.
During the early morning of Sunday, April 6, amid rumours of war, they finally reach Belgrade only to be caught in the middle of the Luftwaffe raid (Operation Punishment). The only surviving passengers are the two Gypsy musicians who sing the film's theme song before the end.
Why are the newlyweds going to the seaside?
Honeymoon