Skinning (2010)

Life is sometimes rude game: one mistake can buy you ticket to hell.

Director:

Stevan Filipovic

Writers:

Stevan Filipovic (screenplay), Stevan Filipovic (story)

Stars:

Nikola Rakocevic, Viktor Savic, Bojana Novakovic

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nikola Rakocevic	...	Novica
Viktor Savic	...	Relja
Bojana Novakovic	...	Mina
Natasa Tapuskovic	...	Inspektorka Lidija
Nikola Kojo	...	Inspektor Milutin
Dragan Micanovic	...	Profesor matematike
Srdjan Miletic	...	Pufta
Milos Tanaskovic	...	Mirko
Predrag Ejdus	...	Profesor Hadzi-Tankosic
Jasmina Avramovic	...	Dezurna profesorka
Vladimir Tesovic	...	Stanislav
Milan 'Caci' Mihailovic	...	Novicin otac
Bojan Lojkovic	...	Svarog
Joana Knezevic	...	Valkira
Zoran Nastic	...	Zver

Storyline

SISANJE is a story of a young Belgrade high school math champ Novica who gets seduced into the world of skinheads by their charismatic leader Relja. Novica joins the gang of racist skinheads in an attempt to overcome the geek status in school but soon enough he is sucked into the world of racism, violence and hooliganism, the skinhead movement takes him over and eventually he starts climbing up the ladder in the skinhead hierarchy.

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Plot Keywords:

anarchism | secret service | revolution | skinhead | racism | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the third Serbian film to be released on Blu-ray.

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Connections

References 300 (2006)

User Reviews

a good one

Skinning is a movie about skinheads in Serbia. Even if you haven't been acquainted with skinhead subculture or Serbia it quickly becomes apparent that the authors took a lot of liberties which, in turn, were necessary to create a feature film interesting to broader audience.

In this sense, Skinning is a work of fiction although it borrows heavily from reality. It tells a bleak story about rough young people. As it usually is the case, soon the politicians and secret service step in to manipulate them. What i particularly liked is that Skinning never became vulgar nor sought undeserved attention by explicit scenes of sex and violence.

Eventually, the actress who caught my attention was Bojana Novakovic. You might also see her deliver an excellent performance in Burning Man (2011) playing next to Matthew Goode.

Details

Official Sites:

official movie site

Country:

Serbia

Language:

Serbian

Release Date:

6 October 2010 (Serbia)

Also Known As:

Skinning

Filming Locations:

Belgrade, Serbia

Box Office

Budget:

EUR500,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$288,512

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hypnopolis

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1