Tito and I

Tito and Me shows Yugoslavia in the Fifties the way it looked through the eyes of a naïve but curious child. The film can probably be regarded as an autobiographical reflection, but also as a reflection on the national memory of the great and beloved Leader Marshall Tito.Zoran (10), like most children in Yugoslavia at that time, cannot imagine a life without Tito. At school, he wins a competition for the best composition dedicated to Tito. He is doubly rewarded for it: not only can he take part in ‘Tito’s Native Land March’, but the girl he is secretly a little in love with is also taking part. Zoran’s parents are not really happy with the declaration in Zoran’s composition that he loves Tito more than he loves them. Zoran, in turn, doesn’t understand what is so confusing and strange about his love for the leader.Tito’s Native Land March will be quite a challenge for the boy. He is not used to nature, to longdistance walking or a life without his parents. He doesn’t get on well with the Stalinist group leader and gets lost in the mountains. At the end of the long march, something has changed in his life.