The Trap (2007)
"Klopka" (original title)

"THE TRAP" is a modern film noir reflecting the true face of Serbian (Eastern European) 'society in transition.' It's a story that could happen to you. It is a film about an ordinary man, ... See full summary »

Director:

Srdan Golubovic

Writers:

Melina Pota Koljevic, Srdjan Koljevic,

Stars:

Nebojsa Glogovac, Natasa Ninkovic, Anica Dobra

7 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nebojsa Glogovac	...	Mladen
Natasa Ninkovic	...	Marija
Anica Dobra	...	Jelena
Predrag Manojlovic	...	Kosta Antic (as Miki Manojlovic)
Marko Djurovic	...	Nemanja
Dejan Cukic	...	Ivkovic
Bogdan Diklic	...	Doktor Lukic
Mladen Nelevic	...	Marko
Boris Isakovic	...	Moma
Vuk Kostic	...	Ivkovicev brat
Milorad Mandic	...	Stariji inspektor
Nebojsa Ilic	...	Sluzbenik u banci
Vojin Cetkovic	...	Vlada
Ana Markovic	...	Sluzbenica u posti
Marija Bergam	...	Alisa

Storyline

"THE TRAP" is a modern film noir reflecting the true face of Serbian (Eastern European) 'society in transition.' It's a story that could happen to you. It is a film about an ordinary man, who is forced to choose between life and death of his own child. THE TRAP is a film about post-Milosevic's Serbia, in which there is no more war, but there is moral and existential desert, about Serbia in transition, in which human life still doesn't worth a lot, about normal life which still seems unreachable.

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Plot Keywords:

terminal illness | mother son relationship | father son relationship | heart disease | financial problem | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Serbia Germany Hungary

Language:

Serbian

Release Date:

13 September 2007 (Hungary)

Also Known As:

The Trap

Filming Locations:

Belgrade, Serbia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Film House Bas Celik, Mediopolis Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Új Budapest Filmstudió

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min 106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Serbia's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).

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Connections

Remade as Fair Trade

User Reviews

Utterly amazing and horrifying

You must see this film. Utterly and totally amazing. A perfect film, matched only by Body Heat and Fargo for its merciless exploration of the phenomena of criminality. The plot is so tight you can't put a razor blade between its uncemented blocks. The protagonist is trapped on the horns of terrible a dilemma, and does the only thing he can do in the situation. His choice is utterly believable and utterly horrifying. The consequences equally so. The ending is as inevitable as it is appropriate and yet I wish it weren't. But, like everything else in this film, it is as it must be. But the worst thing of all is that it could happen to any one of the tens of millions of equally vulnerable citizens of the great Uninsured States of America just as easily as in a Second World backwater like Serbia. Now that's really horrifying!