The Prism – The New Serbian Cinema: 2007 Film
Festival – The Movies
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Where Yellow Lemon Blooms (2006)
Documentary Drama Director: Zdravko Šotra Cast: Dragan Nikolić, Zoran Cvijanović, Petar Kralj, Milica Milša, Dragoslav Ilić, Miodrag Radovanović Running time: 98 min. Rating: NR At the end of 1916, during the First World War, the Kingdom
of Serbia, its people, army and government, are facing the greatest challenge
in its history as the armies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany and
Bulgaria attack Serbia. Awaiting the help of the allies, Serbia finds itself
with the whole army, government and people in Kosovo, the only remaining free
part of its territory. To avoid capitulation, the Serbian government and the
Supreme command chose desperate, yet at the same time a most honorable act: to
withdraw over Albanian gorges heading toward the allies at the Adriatic Sea. The
Serbian people and army are exhausted and hungry in the freezing conditions. It was a unique case in the world’s history that a
whole country went to exile. It was an unprecedented undertaking in the name
of national honor, a marvelous achievement with terrible losses. The suffering
of the Serbian people in this march for survival and liberation had inspired the
free world. |
The Party (2004) Drama Director: Aleksandar Davić Cast: Sonja Savić, Goran
Šušljik, Nenad Jezdić,
Aleksandar Đurica, Jelena Ćuruvija-Đurica,
Nada Šargin, Anđelika
Simić,Vladimir Tintor,
Edit Tot Trubint, Jovana Stipić, Ivan Đurić,
Aron Balaž, Srđan Radaković. Rating: NR The Party is about the individual destinies of the characters
trapped in an isolated house in the hills, surrounded by the growing paranoia
of the coming civil war in Croatia in the summer of 1991. |
My Brothers'
Son (2006) “Is there anything
more beautiful than dying for the Homeland?” Director: Sinisha Kovacevic Producer: Sinisha Kovacevic, Ljiljana Blagojevic Director of Photography:
Rade Vladic Music: Bora Dugic Running Time: 90 min Rating: NR World of the dead, an adventure of awareness, and
the questioning of conscience on the way to Judgment, through the dialogs of
a FATHER, a BROTHER, and a SON, a folk story is told about ancestry, roots, heritage,
the unborn and born ones, and unceasing and unnecessary wars and battles. |
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Seven and a Half - Sedam
i po (2006) Comedy/Drama Dir.
Miroslav Momcilovic Cast:
Branislav Trifunovic,
Nenad Jezdic, Marija
Karan, Boris Milivojevic, Nikola Djuricko, Gordan Kocic Duration:
87 min. Rating:
NR 7
stories “from the neighborhood” are intertwined with the same leitmotif of
Seven Mortal Sins ( Greed, Sloth, Anger, Lust, Pride, Gluttony, Envy), in a humorous
way dealing with the everyday lives of the people of New Belgrade who are
obsessed with their weaknesses and driven by their passions. |
The Cordon – Kordon
(2003) Social Drama Dir.
Goran Markovic Cast:
Marko Nikolic, Dragan Petrovic, Nikola Djuricko, Nenad Jezdic Duration.
87min. Rating:
NR Set
in Belgrade, Serbia, over Easter weekend in 1997, the film involves a group
of policemen who respond to the city’s political turmoil. Due to the
overthrow of the Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, violence and protests
have erupted all over the city. Patrolling the streets is a bus driven by Uros, the unit consists of Crni,
Dule, Kole and Seljak. They are led by their commanding officer Dragan,
who isn’t entirely sure of what to do. Throughout their weekend-long-shift,
each battles his own personal problems as the political tension escalates. The
Cordon won the first prize at the 2003 Montreal World Film Festival. |
Frozen Stiff- Mrtav
‘ladan (2003) Comedy Dir.
Milorad Milinkovic Cast:
Nikola Djuricko, Nenad Jezdic,
Srdjan Todorovic, Milica Mihajlovic, Milorad Mandic, Bata Zivojinovic Duration.
90min Rating:
NR Weekend
at Bernie’s, Serbian Style! The basic plot revolves around a drug dealer Limeni (Tin Man) on one hand, and two strangers, Lemi and Kiza, on the other . Lemi and Kiza are
transporting their dead grandfather for burial, until their car breaks down
and they end up struggling to get him home onboard a train. This is when their
paths intersect Limeni’s path, and all hell breaks
loose. You
won’t laugh so hard at the movies in a long time. |
