The Parade (2011)
"Parada" (original title)

A homophobic, middle-aged, Serbian gangster ends up sacrificing himself to protect Gay freedom in his country. RADMILO (35) and MIRKO (30) are young and successful gay couple, and they ... See full summary »

Director:

Srdjan Dragojevic

Writer:

Srdjan Dragojevic

Stars:

Nikola Kojo, Milos Samolov, Hristina Popovic

4 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nikola Kojo	...	Limun
Milos Samolov	...	Radmilo
Hristina Popovic	...	Biserka
Goran Jevtic	...	Mirko
Goran Navojec	...	Roko
Dejan Acimovic	...	Halil
Toni Mihajlovski	...	Azem
Natasa Markovic	...	Lenka
Mladen Andrejevic	...	Djordje
Relja Popovic	...	Vuk
Radoslav Milenkovic	...	Kecman
Mira Stupica	...	Baka Olga
Marko Nikolic	...	Bogdan
Anita Mancic	...	Tamara
Branimir Popovic	...	Zvonce

Storyline

A homophobic, middle-aged, Serbian gangster ends up sacrificing himself to protect Gay freedom in his country. RADMILO (35) and MIRKO (30) are young and successful gay couple, and they would be a happy couple anywhere else except in - Serbia. They try to live discreetly but still, every day they are abused by the homophobic majority. Plus, Mirko is a gay rights activist, and his dream is to organize the first successful PRIDE event in Belgrade. This is almost a "mission impossible"; in 2001, an attempt to hold PRIDE in Belgrade ended up in bloodshed. One decade later, the situation is not much better - nationalist and neo-Nazi organizations prepare another massacre in case of holding the gay parade, while the police refuse to provide protection for the participants. A strange couple arrives in Radmilo's and Mirko's life - LEMON (45) an ex criminal and war veteran, the owner of a small security company and his fiance - PEARL (30) a beauty parlor owner. Radmilo, a successful ...

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Plot Keywords:

lemon | gay | parade | post war | kosovo | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [rs]

Country:

Serbia Slovenia Croatia Montenegro Macedonia

Language:

Serbian

Release Date:

1 November 2011 (Serbia)

Also Known As:

The Parade

Filming Locations:

Belgrade, Serbia

Box Office

Budget:

€1,300,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Delirium, Eurimages, Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min 115 min (original)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

No members of the gay community have ever been killed in Belgrade Pride Parade.

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Connections

References The Magnificent Seven (1960)

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Soundtracks

"Bilecanka"
Written by Milan Apih
Performed by Zoran Predin and The Gypsy Swing Band
By Arrangement with Dallas Records, 2008

User Reviews

Great movie

I think it is really a great movie. I watched it with my girlfriend in the theater and we were both pretty excited and under great impressions even the day after. The story had a nice, smooth humorous way to steel into the auditions collective consciousness and to make them all laugh out loud. Despite the funny dialogues and the scenes, the story has a deep metaphor which is quite serious and initiates you to think about. The movie characters are each of them from a different ex-Yugoslav republic. Mostly of them were in war against each other, but built friendships after the wars were over (despite the nationalism, opposite politics and ethnic diversity - they united to fight together). Now they built a team to fight for the gays (which represent metaphorically the emotional and peaceful character in humans) in their gay parade in Belgrade which should be organized in close future. Everybody is against them, skinheads are sharpening their knives, while preparing for the final fight (they are representing the brutal, aggressive nature in human). The fight for peace and freedom begins, bringing some adrenalin and rage to audition to fight back against the distorted society.