The Return of Žika's Dynasty

Žika, a perpetual loser from a Belgrade neighborhood, unexpectedly inherits a dilapidated factory in the provinces. His ambitious cousin, a businessman, is already making plans to sell the land. "You think this is just bricks?" Žika tells his only friend. "This is where my dynasty starts—with rusty pipes." Instead of giving up, he assembles a motley crew of local eccentrics: a retired engineer dreaming of socialism's comeback and a young woman fleeing the city's hustle. Their attempts to launch production of an absurd invention—a "universal machine for everything"—clash with bureaucracy, competitor sabotage, and their own sheer incompetence. The film walks the line between farce and a warm tale about a little man who decides to challenge the system simply because he's tired of losing.