#A serbian film summary movie
The tone of the movie soon becomes clear though, somewhere around the time that Miloš is forced to have sex with a battered and bruised woman while the young girl from the videos in the previous ‘scene’ sits on and observes. Spasojević, though, cleverly draws you into a false sense of security with story-building scenes of mundane everydayness, including a section where Miloš asks his police officer brother Marko ( Slobodan Beštić) to check the background of suspicious and mysterious director Vukmir.
At this point the viewer starts to realise that something about the film isn’t quite right, and worries about the relevance of the inclusion of an underage girl in proceedings. With no kind of censorship whatsoever, Miloš is depicted in a darkened room being felated by an unidentified woman, while images of a young girl are displayed across the walls. Miloš is instructed to make his way to an abandoned orphanage, where he is placed in various sexual situations and filmed by Vukmir’s crew. Written, directed and produced by filmmaker Srđan Spasojević, the unimaginatively-titled (upon first glance, at least) A Serbian Film follows the story of protagonist Miloš ( Srđan Todorović), a famous semi-retired pornstar who agrees to take part in one last production led by antagonist Vukmir ( Sergej Trifunović) in order to ensure financial security for his family, wife Marija ( Jelena Gavrilović) and son Petar (actor unknown, for reasons which will become clear). If one was asked to give a ten-word summary of the plot of this film, it might be something along the lines of “retired pornstar forced to fuck his way into international infamy”. Either way, ensure that you make your choice carefully, and don’t blame me for any repercussions should you watch it. If you haven’t seen it, then this review will do one of two things: either it will intrigue you into watching it, or it will disgust you and warn you away from ever setting eyes upon it. For a movie so high on its own substance, it is shockingly lacking in any substance whatsoever." Release Ī 107 minutes version of the film was released on January 2019, by TetroVideo.If you’ve seen cult phenomenon A Serbian Film, then you’ll know what to expect from this review. DVD Talk recommended the movie overall, but warned that viewers that some of the imagery was "repulsive and horrifying" while also stating that it "never threatens to overwhelm the intelligence, artistry, or humanity at the film's core." Film School Rejects panned The Life and Death of a Porno Gang, commenting that the director "made a scatter-brained film that fails to string together any coherent narrative outside of getting the audience from one distressing image to the next. Critical reception for The Life and Death of a Porno Gang was mixed to positive.