Directed by:
Miroslav MomcilovicScreenplay:
Miroslav MomcilovicCinematography:
Miladin ColakovicCast:
Emir Hadzihafizbegovic, Radoslav Milenkovic, Natasa Ninkovic, Nikola Djuricko, Nikola Kojo, Mirjana Karanovic, Miloš Samolov, Branislav Trifunovic (more)Plots(1)
A lonely composer commits suicide in his apartment. The gunshot alarms the tenants in the adjacent flats. Neighbor Aca is the first to arrive on the scene and, as the first witness, he decides to wait for the police. But the “protectors of public order” are stuck in traffic. So the neighbors pass the time as best they can, and eventually a wide variety of characters involved in the “case” make their way into the apartment. In this way, the director is able to draw on their behavior to weave a subtle mosaic of the “Balkan mentality” and of human nature in general. All the goings-on in the room are conveyed to the viewer via webcam, which the composer mounted on a tripod and pointed at the middle of the room before taking his exit. This original, low-budget movie, packed with snappy dialogue, is filmed entirely in one shot. The director commented on his chosen method with the words: “I recorded the story in one take in order to make an image of the hyper-realistic environment of the time and place I live in.” (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Emir Hadzihafizbegovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
La Voix d'Aida (2020)
Dobro ustimani mrtvaci (2005)
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
Radoslav Milenkovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
The Red Colored Grey Truck (2004)
Seven and a Half (2006)
Natasa Ninkovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
The Professional (2003)
Death of a Man in the Balkans (2012)
The Trap (2007)
Nikola Djuricko
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Black Sun (2017) (series)
See You in Montevideo (2014)
Nikola Kojo
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
Life Is a Miracle (2004)
The Knife (1999)
Mirjana Karanovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Underground (1995)
Life Is Beautiful (1985)
Cabaret Balkan (1998)
Miloš Samolov
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Black Sun (2017) (series)
Parade (2011)
Seven and a Half (2006)
Branislav Trifunovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Seven and a Half (2006)
Death of a Man in the Balkans (2012)
Here and There (2009)
Ljubomir Bandovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
My Beautiful Country (2012)
Death of a Man in the Balkans (2012)
The Woman with a Broken Nose (2010)
Bojan Zirovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996)
Montevideo: Taste of a Dream (2010)
Death of a Man in the Balkans (2012)
Anita Mancic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Death of a Man in the Balkans (2012)
Delirijum tremens (2019)
Love and Other Crimes (2008)