Tattoo (Tetoviranje)

Tetoviranje (Macedonian: Тетовирање; "Tattoo") is a 1991 Yugoslav-Macedonian drama directed by Stole Popov, from a screenplay credited to Mirko Kovač, Živojin Pavlović and Popov himself. The picture was actually shot in 1989 but was banned at the time, reaching cinemas only in 1991, after the breakup of Yugoslavia had begun — a dysfunction the film addresses in its own way.

The principal roles are played by Meto Jovanovski, Ljiljana Medješi, Stole Aranđelović and Svetozar Cvetković, with an ensemble that also includes Dančo Čevrevski, Aleksandar Čaminski, Jovica Mihajlovski, Kiril Pop Hristov and Sabina Ayurula-Toziya among the supporting cast. Shot in Macedonian and running about 132 minutes, it stands among the notable works Popov made on the eve of the country's political transformation, and its delayed release has become part of its history.