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Leben und Tod einer Pornobande (2009)

Zivot i smrt porno bande (original title)
Young director Marko, after several unsuccessful attempts to shoot his first feature film, makes an acquaintance with a porn director Cane and starts making films with him, showing his ... See full summary »

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Cast overview, first billed only:
Mihajlo Jovanovic ...
Marko
Ana Acimovic ...
Una
Srboljub Milin ...
Frantz
Radivoj Knezevic ...
Dzoni
Predrag Damnjanovic ...
Vanja
Natasa Miljus ...
Sofija
Bojan Zogovic ...
Dragan
Ivan Djordjevic ...
Ceca
Srdjan Jovanovic ...
Maks
Aleksandar Gligoric ...
Rade
Mariana Arandjelovic ...
Darinka
Srdjan Miletic ...
Cane
Dragan Djordjevic ...
Policeman Strahinja
Nemanja Rasovic ...
Mladic, First Victim
Jovo Maksic ...
War Veteran, the Second Victim
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Young director Marko, after several unsuccessful attempts to shoot his first feature film, makes an acquaintance with a porn director Cane and starts making films with him, showing his anger towards the society he lives in. After the conflict with Cane he starts his own porn cabaret club in which the socio-political shows are frequently performed. He gathers porn stars around himself. Gay couple Johnny and Max, a transvestite Ceca, junkies Rade and Darinka and others. However, Cane's brother who is a policeman interrupts a premiere, the press destroys them as well, and Marko decides he should leave Belgrade and have a tour around Serbia with his crew. Shortly after, series of conflicts happen with the viewers from the villages they visited. On the way, they meet a German journalist Franc, who is fascinated with Balkan. Franc suggests Marko to make films with the authentic scenes of sex and violence for him, with the volunteers- victims who did not care for their lives. Porn gang has a... Written by dekapitator

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Disturbing movie from modern post war Serbia
20 April 2010 | by (Netherlands) – See all my reviews

This is a quite disturbing movie on post-war Serbia in the early 90's of last century. The main character is a young movie director eager to make his first movie. The only opportunity he has to start his career, is making a pornographic picture. Being partially successful, he begins with his cast a pornographic vaudeville roadshow in rural parts of formerly Yugoslavia. Not surprisingly, the locals disapprove of the explicit content of the sex shows. But than there is a businessman in the audience who wants to have snuff movies produced by the 'porno bande'...... Rise and Fall of a Porno Band is a very interesting movie on how things are today in Serbia. It deals with the poverty and struggle for survival in an European country. The non-professional actors do an excellent job and are convincing in showing the hard times Serbia has to go through. Not for the ones amongst us with weak stomachs.

Paul Algra


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