The Caviar Connection

The Caviar Connection is a fishing roulette about the Rat brothers, hunting unsuccesfully for the BIG fish, which will bring them easy money to leave their small village in Serbia. And not for just any fish. They dream of finding a fat sturgeon in their nets, whose eggs are literally worth their weight in gold. The film follows the two brothers during the painful awakening after yet another late and inebriated night, the practised preparation of the boat and nets, the quarrels with other fishermen about fishing territories, the disappointing catch, if there is one. The drudgery is occasionally interrupted by a bingo drive in the dirty village centre, where people fill in the numbers while a porn movie plays in the background; or by death, which is never far away...; or by an absurdist local court session about territories, which leaves unclear who is the witness, accused or plaintiff. A fishing ban enforced by the European Union eventually causes a trail-blazing change...