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.

Languages
Serbian
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Produced
2009: France, Switzerland, Serbia, Netherlands