Better Life
“I want a life, a better life, to grab it like a tiger”
1987 · 3 seasons · 82 episodes · Comedy, Drama, Soap
Trials and tribulations of the Popadic family, a typical family of five with everyday problems...
BOLJI ŽIVOT is a Yugoslav TV series with mixed elements of soap opera, comedy and drama that aired from 1987 to 1991. Created by the Radiotelevision Belgrade it is considered to be the most successful TV show ever produced in Yugoslavia.
Written by Siniša Pavić, most prolific Serbian screenwriter, the series helped jump start cinematic careers for many of its protagonists, most notably Dragan Bjelogrlić who went on to become successful actor, director, and producer.
Seasons
3 seasons · 82 episodes- 1
Bolji Zivot
10 Jan 1987 40m
In this episode, we meet the Popadić family: their mother Ema, father Dragiša, daughter Violeta, and sons Saša and Boba. Amid the overall chaos, Ema has ordered an expensive Chinese carpet, and Dragiša’s financial problems are overwhelming even without that. Saša has become such a frequent visitor at the Employment Office counter that he has already befriended the clerk, Koka—new romantic sparks are on the horizon. Boba gets yet another bad grade at school. We learn that Dragiša’s older sister has died, and this modest old woman leaves a will and a large inheritance to Dragiša and his children.
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Testament
17 Jan 1987 40m
Auntie has set a specific condition for each heir that must be fulfilled in order to gain the right to use the inheritance: Violeta must get married and devote herself to family life, Saša must find a job, Boba must finish secondary school with at least a “4” average grade, and Dragiša must erect a gravestone/monument for his aunt. The heirs’ initial excitement immediately fades. Violeta wants to pursue acting and the arts and isn’t even thinking about marriage. Saša can’t find a job at all, because there are many people like him at the Employment Office, and Boba can barely manage to pass the year.
- 3
Terminator
24 Jan 1987 40m
- 4
Skandal
31 Jan 1987 40m
- 5
Zaruke
7 Feb 1987 40m
- 6
Jataganac
14 Feb 1987 40m
- 7
Zarucnicki prsten
21 Feb 1987 40m
- 8
Uloga
28 Feb 1987 40m
- 9
Portret
7 Mar 1987 40m
- 10
Godisnjica mature
14 Mar 1987 40m
- 11
Odluka
21 Mar 1987 40m
- 12
Gigin flert
28 Mar 1987 40m
- 13
Zaposlenje
4 Apr 1987 40m
- 14
Romeo i Julija
11 Apr 1987 40m
- 15
Svijedodzba
18 Apr 1987 40m
- 16
Svadba
25 Apr 1987 40m
- 17
Zavodnik
2 May 1987 40m
- 18
Prvi radni dan
9 May 1987 40m
- 19
Giga zeli razvod
16 May 1987 40m
- 20
Krivo optuzen
23 May 1987 40m
- 21
Specijalizacija
30 May 1987 40m
- 22
Giga odlazi
6 Jun 1987 40m
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