Third of all, none of this would matter if the film had shocks for shocks' sake, or if it were just another exercise in cinematic sadism. Although technically a villain, Vukmir is the one with all the best lines and the most thought-provoking monologues whose content may be as shocking to some as the imagery he shoots. The other is Sergey Trifunovic, as the shady Vukmir, insane producer and director, the puppet master of an "art" porn theater in which performers include a war-hero's widow and kids from a Home for abandoned and orphaned children. He simmers with quiet desperation through the first half of the film only to explode in a raging feat towards the end which will sear you like a wildfire until the very celluloid seems to be burning. One is by Srdjan Todorovic as Milos, the said ex-porn actor selling his sex tool for the last time. Also, there are at least two incredibly memorable performances. Second of all, this is a beautifully shot and edited film, with an excellent sense of timing and narrative economy and a superb industrial droning score by Sky Wikluh. Be prepared to witness unprecedented levels of child abuse. Be prepared to see new uses of Viagra for bulls. Be prepared to see penis go where no penis has gone before. This film will f*** your senses, it will rape your soul. If you expect just a tired retread of cheap sadistic gimmicks already done to death in the SAW sequels and their poor direct-to-DVD cousins – you're in for a surprise.įirst of all, A SERBIAN FILM puts to shame almost all recent attempts at nightmare inducing shocks, with only MARTYRS (and a somewhat bygone, but still unforgettable IRREVERSIBLE) as relatively solid reference points – not in terms of plot, but in terms of nerve-shattering effect on the viewer. If you thought: "Oh, well so now Serbia has discovered 'torture porn'? Who cares?" – think again. I will just try to hint at the ideas and impressions that A SERBIAN FILM invokes. But I won't spoil the goodies that await those with the strongest stomachs and nerves. A whole new depraved subgenre of porn is introduced in what will certainly be the most talked-about scene of the film. The shocking, sickening stuff that men, women and children are forced to endure here. But "snuff" does not even begin to describe the levels and amounts of depravity involved. Our star chances upon the kind of movies that can only be made where human life is very cheap! What with the story of an ex-porn star accepting one last job so he can sustain his impoverished family in today's Serbia, and the uber-sick underworld he stumbles upon in which pornography, war criminals and State Security are linked in ways unimaginable, yet so logical. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to realize that A SERBIAN FILM is not exactly the kind of fare you want to see with your mom. And the most shocking thing about it is how well made, well acted and poignant it is. To compliment it as being well-crafted, which it is, doesn’t mean much when it’s unwatchable.Writers: Srdjan Spasojevic & Aleksandar RadivojevicĪ SERBIAN FILM is the most shocking film you're likely to see this year – or any year soon. I saw nothing in this mean-spirited film that I cared for. The unpleasant film gets over as a pseudo-snuff film that tries to take it as close to a real snuff film as possible. Rape, incest, murder and S&M are some of the anti-social acts filling out the narrative. It seems Milos got roped into making a snuff film.
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The condition is that he can’t look at the script. He gratefully accepts a lucrative offer to be in a new artistic experimental film by sleazy Balkan director/producer Vukmir ( Sergej Trifunovic ). The former porn star Milos ( Srdjan Todorovic), known as the “Nikola Tesla of world pornography,” is out of work and is having trouble supporting his wife and kids. The revolting delights it offers cross into areas that are far worse than just bad taste, like matters of criminality. Its perverse sex and violence left me feeling cold. The exploitation pic has no socially redeeming values, even if it half-heartedly, in an ironical manner, attempts to be a voice against the cruelties of the Balkan War in the 1990s. Srdjan Spasojevic (“The ABCs of Death”) is the writer-director of this extremely violent shocker-horror pic. “ To compliment it as being well-crafted, which it is, doesn’t mean much when it’s unwatchable.” A SERBIAN FILM (SRPSKI FILM) (director/writer: Srdjan Spasojevic screenwriter: Aleksandar Radivojevic cinematographer: Nemanja Jovanov editor: Darko Simic music: Sky Wikluh cast: Srdjan Todorovic (Milos), Sergej Trifunovic (Vukmir), Jelena Gavrilovic (Marija), Katarina Zutic (Lejla), Slobodan Bestic (Marko), Ana Sakic (Jecina Majka) Runtime: 104 MPAA Rating: NC-17 producer: Srdjan Spasojevic Invincible Pictures 2010)-Serbia- in Serbian with English subtitles)