It won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Venice Film Festival and received multiple international awards.
It critiques Western preconceptions of the Balkans as an inherently wild and violent place while simultaneously showing how the locals have internalized these dark secrets.
The film is set during a single night in . It consists of roughly 20 loosely interconnected vignettes that depict a society on the brink of collapse.
While notorious for its violence, Paskaljević intended it as a "political metaphor" for the post-war Serbian state and the commodification of suffering.
The narrative explores the erosion of civilized behavior in a climate of suspicion, hatred, and vengeance. 🏆 Critical Reception