A Serbian Film (2010)

An aging porn star agrees to participate in an "art film" in order to make a clean break from the business, only to discover that he has been drafted into making a pedophilia and necrophilia themed snuff film.

Director:

Srdjan Spasojevic

Writers:

Aleksandar Radivojevic (screenplay), Srdjan Spasojevic (screenplay)

Stars:

Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Jelena Gavrilovic

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic	...	Milos (as Srdan Todorovic)
Sergej Trifunovic	...	Vukmir
Jelena Gavrilovic	...	Marija
Slobodan Bestic	...	Marko
Katarina Zutic	...	Lejla
Luka Mijatovic	...	Stefan
Ana Sakic	...	Jecina majka
Lena Bogdanovic	...	Doktorka
Miodrag Krcmarik	...	Rasa
Nenad Herakovic	...	Cuvar 1
Carni Djeric	...	Cuvar 2 (as Carni Deric)
Andela Nenadovic	...	Jeca
Tanja Divnic	...	Vaspitacica
Lidija Pletl	...	Jecina baka
Marina Savic	...	Prostitutka

Storyline

In Serbia, the retired porn star Milos is married with his beloved wife Marija and they have a little son, Peter, that is their pride and joy. The family is facing financial difficulties, but out of the blue, Milos is contacted by the porn actress Lejla who offers him a job opportunity in an art film. Milos is introduced to the director Vukmir who offers a millionaire contract to Milos to act in a film. However, Vukmir neither show the screenplay nor tells the story to Milos. Milos discusses the proposal with Marija and he signs the contract. But soon he finds that Vukmir and his crew are involved in sick snuff films of pedophilia, necrophilia and torture and there is no way back for him and maybe it is too late to protect his family.

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Plot Keywords:

graphic violence | depravity | rape of a minor | incest rape | controversy | 

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Taglines:

Not all films have a happy ending.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated NC-17 for extreme aberrant sexual and violent content including explicit dialogue

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was banned in Norway for sexual representation of children and extreme violence in a fictional medium. It's one of the few films banned in the country since Ichi the Killer (2001) and Grotesque (2009).

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Goofs

When Jeca's mother crawls to the main character, on her lips is dried up blood, but shots before, there was no blood on her chin.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Milos: [acting in a pornographic film] Baby, I'm gonna fuck you up.

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Alternate Versions

After some delay the film was eventually passed with an 18 certificate for UK DVD in October 2010 with 4 mins 12 secs of cuts. These included heavy edits to scenes featuring sexual violence and children (including the rape of a newborn baby and a young boy and all scenes which feature both a child and sexual images), the graphic rape and murder of Jeca's mother, and camcorder footage of Lejla being orally raped and killed. A projected uncut cinema showing at the Bournemouth film festival was cancelled when the distributors failed to submit the film for a cinema certificate in time (amidst controversy about the film from assorted councilors), and a theatrical certificate was finally granted by the BBFC in November. The same cuts were made as per the DVD submission.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Unplanned (2019)

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Soundtracks

Unsee It
By Wikluh Sky

User Reviews

Proceed With Caution

WOW... ok this is the first review I've done in a few years so I may be a little rusty now with that said I'm a HUGE horror fan and have seen all of the popular "extremes" to come down the pipe in the last few years and my friends, in terms of extreme and downright disturbing content, this one puts them ALL to shame in the worst (and best) of ways! The setup here is pretty simple (older porn star agrees to one last job for a huge payday yet isn't allowed to know anything about the script) and is told in a fairly straightforward slow burn-exploitation format but what sets this one so far apart is how real and well done the film is before the real horror starts. Milos (our protagonist) is just a family man trying to make ends meet and this is one of the few horror films where you Really feel for the main character and that's a big part of what makes all the downright SICK S@&$ that happens in the second half that much worse. The acting was a lot better than you'd expect from this type of film (especially from Milos) and helps add the emotional weight that really makes this a knee-breaker. Another huge aspect ASF gets right: this is scary as h@ll before anything really happens thanks to some absolutely top notch cinematography and a synth based score that will chill you to the bone and lets you know right away that some VERY bad things are coming and oh god do they ever... After a couple of very uncomfortable shoots at the start of his "film" Milos tries to back out and he (and us viewers) are dropped into a nightmare that is not going to be soon forgotten. There isn't much to say that hasn't already been said in terms of shocking content but I'm still shaking this film off as I type this so here's my 2 cents anyway: there really is a line of "showing too much" and this film wallows in crossing it and assaulting the viewer with truly the most disgusting scenes ever put on legit film (at least in the uncut version)! Honestly I would have given this an 8 had this been the cut version and showed A LITTLE restraint. That's not to say this isn't a quality horror film because it is of the highest kind just one that's impossible to recommend because of said scenes and the very real damage they could have on people. In closing this is our generation's "Dare Film" if you will. That ONE movie that you "bet someone won't watch" and for good reason. It's as much porn as it is horror and to say it's not for everyone would be the understatement of the year but ultimately I went in expecting a very strong political horror film and that's exactly what I got, and the need to take about 15 showers. It was clearly made by angry expert film makers that wanted to REALLY shock and make a good movie doing it and they succeeded in making one of the most disgusting and brutal films EVER. If that doesn't sound like something you're prepared for (and even most horror fans aren't) stay away, FAR AWAY

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Serbia

Language:

Serbian English Swedish

Release Date:

30 September 2011 (Brazil)

Also Known As:

A Serbian Film

Filming Locations:

Belgrade, Serbia

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,541

Company Credits

Production Co:

Contra Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min 102 min (edited)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS-ES

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1