Marshal Tito's Spirit

During the funeral of a local Yugoslav Partisan veteran, his elderly comrades start seeing the ghost of Marshal Josip Broz Tito.After rumours about the apparition spread around, a Split-based policeman who goes by the name Stipan is ordered to investigate the suspicious movements of SUBNOR [sr] members in his hometown, a remote Adriatic island whose only connection with the mainland is a ferry that comes around once a week.Stipan learns about the ghost of Comrade Tito from a middle-aged married couple of painters from Zagreb who are looking for inspiration on the island.The Split mayor Luka, who had previously privatized all state objects in the town, smells a business opportunity and begins organizing communist-era events to attract tourism (May Day parades, Relay of Youth, etc.)Local Partisan veterans of the 7th Dalmatian Brigade led by Marinko decide to take arms and control the town, turning it into the communist-era shape.
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