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Serbian, with subtitles in English
Serbia, 2009 (79 minutes)
Synopsis
On a seemingly average day, a busload of
young soldiers is sent to a remote location in the countryside and given a
macabre task: the execution of a number of civilians. Dzoni,
a green recruit, initially objects, but as he moves from one killing to the
next, he is swept up by the spectre of military
authority, and quickly becomes desensitized by the apparently routine
nature of his task. As he nears the end of his assignment, the quiet horror
of the day slowly begins to affect him, forcing a painful reconciliation
with his actions. Set in an unspecified time of conflict in the Balkans,
director Vladimir Perisic’s highly attuned and
unsentimental lens captures the psychological toll of war on its
participants, and the universal struggle of all soldiers to reconcile
morality with action.
About the Director
Vladimir Perisic was born in Serbia in
1976. He studied film direction at the Faculty of Drama Arts, Belgrade and at La Femis, Paris, receiving his diploma from the Directing
Department. He has directed several short films including Realitatvirtust and Miloch.
His graduation film, Dremano Oko, was selected for Cinefondation
at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2003. Ordinary People
is his first feature film.
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Director
Writer
Producers
Co-Producers
Director of Photography
Editors
Sound
Sound (post)
Production Designer
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Vladimir Perisic
Vladimir Perisic, Alice Winocour
Anthony Doncque, Milena
Poylo, Gilles Sacuto
Nadezda Perisic, Pierre-Alain Meier, Vladimir
Perisic
Simon Beaufils
Martial Salomon
Frédéric Heinrich
François Méreu
Diana Radosavljevic
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