Zivot i smrt porno bande (2009)

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 »

Director:

Mladen Djordjevic

Writer:

Mladen Djordjevic

Stars:

Mihajlo Jovanovic, Ana Acimovic, Predrag Damnjanovic

3 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Mihajlo Jovanovic	...	Marko
Ana Acimovic	...	Una
Predrag Damnjanovic	...	Vanja
Radivoj Knezevic	...	Johnny
Srdjan Jovanovic	...	Maks
Ivan Djordjevic	...	Ceca
Bojan Zogovic	...	Dragan
Natasa Miljus	...	Sofija
Aleksandar Gligoric	...	Rade
Mariana Arandjelovic	...	Darinka
Srdjan Miletic	...	Cane
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nemanja Jovanov	...	Markov snimatelj
Ranko Kovacevic
Srboljub Milin
Nemanja Rasovic	...	Zrtva br 1

Storyline

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...

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Plot Keywords:

porn | cabaret | violence | road movie | bosnian war | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Serbia

Language:

Serbian

Release Date:

21 July 2011 (Slovenia)

Also Known As:

Leben und Tod einer Pornobande

Filming Locations:

Serbia

Box Office

Budget:

€140,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Film House Bas Celik

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 107 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

User Reviews

Extreme sex and violence, Serbian style.

If you thought that A Serbian Film was the most extreme movie to come out of Serbia, then think again, because The Life and Death Of A Porno Gang beats that film hands down in terms of sheer nastiness and explicit content. As a piece of film-making, it's not quite as accomplished as A Serbian Film, lacking that film's tight narrative and slick production values, but it sure packs one hell of a wallop.

The film follows the exploits of film-school graduate Marko (Mihajlo Jovanovic) who, unable to fund his own projects, accepts work from porn mogul Cane (Srdjan Miletic). However, Marko's artistic pretencions soon get the better of him, and he uses Cane's money to produce an experimental hardcore sex stage show instead. When the show is closed down by outraged officials, Marko takes his production on the road, performing at rural villages to curious locals. After one of these shows, Marko is approached by ex-war journalist Frantz, who makes him an unbelievable proposition: direct snuff movies for him and make a fortune. What follows is a descent into sheer madness and extreme violence, a horrific journey that eventually claims the lives of everyone in Marko's company.

Not only does The Life and Death Of A Porno Gang succeed on a very basic level, presenting a catalogue of imagery guaranteed to upset all but the most hardened of extreme movie viewers (including unsimulated sex, both heterosexual and gay, bestiality, gory snuff themed violence, water sports, self mutilation, and suicide), but it also serves as a brutal reminder of the atrocities of war. Where A Serbian Film dubiously claimed to be an allegory of the Serbian conflict, there is no doubt that Porno Gang's director Mladen Djordjevic fully intended his film to work both as an exploitative shocker AND as socio-political commentary. In addition to its many direct references to the war, the desensitisation of the film's characters reflects what many Serbians must have experienced on a day to day basis; the fact that poverty stricken peasants in the film are prepared to lay down their lives for the financial well-being of their loved ones also suggests that the country's wealth distribution is seriously messed up.

While I can't say that I really enjoyed my experience watching this film, it's undeniably effective, uncomfortably visceral and thought provoking stuff—something I certainly won't forget it in a hurry; for those reasons I award The Life and Death Of A Porno Gang a rating of 8/10.