Next to Me (2015)

Olja is a high school history teacher, married to a painter whose latest exhibition provoked violent reactions from Serbian nationalists. One night, a group of masked hooligans attacks her.... See full summary »

Director:

Stevan Filipovic

Writers:

Minja Bogavac (screenplay) (as Milena Bogavac), Stevan Filipovic (characters)

Stars:

Hristina Popovic, Slaven Doslo, Nikola Glisic

6 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hristina Popovic	...	Profesorka Olja
Slaven Doslo	...	Lazar
Nikola Glisic	...	Strahinja
Milica Majkic	...	Jelena
Gorica Regodic	...	Isidora
Jelena Puzic	...	Sofija
Andrej Pipovic	...	Matija
Darko Ivic	...	Tadija
Matea Milosavljevic	...	Sandra (as Matea Milisavljevic)
Katarina Pesic	...	Bojana
Marko Panajotovic	...	Kosta
Rastko Vujisic	...	Rasa
Milivoje Stanimirovic	...	Miksa (as Milivoje Misa Stanimirovic)
Nikola Dragutinovic	...	Srba
Uros Novovic	...	Dinkic

Storyline

Olja is a high school history teacher, married to a painter whose latest exhibition provoked violent reactions from Serbian nationalists. One night, a group of masked hooligans attacks her. They film the attack and upload the clip to YouTube. The next day Olja discovers that some of her students were responsible. She takes away their mobile phones, and in the heat of the moment decides to lock them in the school building, also disconnecting the school phones and the internet. In order to solve the problem together, and with inability to leave the school, students begin to communicate. During that night, a generation that was written off before they were ever given a chance will learn more than they ever expected about themselves and their classmates.

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Plot Keywords:

youth violence | homosexuality | eastern europe | attack | high school | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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User Reviews

Awful movie made for political reasons

I cannot believe why this movie has 7.1/10 at the point I'm rating it. It's entirely a political movie that bends logic just to have a point. And I don't mind a movie having a political message if it's well tucked into the movie's plot, but this movie is made entirely to have a cheap plot point - my ideology good and sane yours is bad. Nothing in the movie makes sense, eg. teacher taking their phones away and locking them in a school. What? The dialogues are some of the most unnatural I've ever seen, it's not even cheesy, it's just poor.

Details

Official Sites:

official movie site

Country:

Serbia

Language:

Serbian

Release Date:

23 September 2015 (Serbia)

Also Known As:

Next to Me

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$15,015

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hypnopolis

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1