Crossing Europe

Ordinary People

1 hr. 20 min. | Drama | N/A

Early morning. The bus is carrying seven soldiers in an unknown direction. Among them is Johnny in his twenties, a newcomer to the platoon who is hard to fit. The guys are brought to an abandoned single farm. Johnny tries unsuccessfully to figure out what they need to do here. The long wait begins. A bus with civilians is coming soon. The platoon commander explains that they are prisoners, enemies of the state. Soldiers understand what kind of work awaits them ...

“By looking at the gestures, expressions and feelings of one of the executioners from afar, I wanted to ask the following question: can we feel, see or think something else without the guilt that always arises in the face of inhumane actions? I tried to depict how the feeling of moral guilt disappears with cold killing, how execution from a morally impossible act becomes a job that just needs to be done, a duty and so on, "said director Vladimir Perišic.

Vladimir Perišić

Vladimir Perišić

Vladimir Perishchus was born in 1976 in Belgrade, Serbia. He studied at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade and La Femis in Paris. His final work was Dremano oko, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival (Cinefoundation). The film was awarded at the Munich Student Film Festival. People "is the director 's first feature film.
Languages
Serbian
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Produced
2009: France, Switzerland, Serbia, Netherlands

Film information

Director
Vladimir Perišić
Screenplay
Vladimir Perisic
Cinematography
Simon Beaufils
Cast
Relja Popovic, Boris Isakovic, Miroslav Stevanovic
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