While meeting Vukmir, Miloš passes a bald man and his entourage, regarding them warily. Having already caught Petar watching one of his films and not informed on the details of Vukmir's film, Miloš is hesitant to participate and continue his career, but accepts to secure his family's financial future. Lejla, a former co-star, offers Miloš a starring role in an art film directed by Vukmir, an independent pornographer who wishes to cast Miloš for his powerful erection. Marija is curious about her husband's feelings towards his past and is concerned about the family's income. His brother Marko is a corrupt police officer who envies Miloš' life and is sexually attracted to Marija. The difference for me is that I usually dislike films of this nature because of their wantonly exploitative nature serving no narrative purpose that purpose, however, exists in 'A Serbian Film', making it all the more disturbing and relevant.Miloš is a semi-retired porn star who lives with his wife Marija and six-year-old son, Petar. This is one of those rare pieces of celluloid which will most likely not allow for any neutral point of view, like 'Mondo Can(nibal)e', or Pasolini's 'Salo', or the collected films of Catherine Breillat. Being born in Romania, which has an equal share of ethical bankruptcy, I must admit that if this had been made in Romania, and called 'A Romanian Film', I would be very very mad. That being said, I completely understand why Serbs were outraged at this film. I was in Serbia for a festival last year (prior to this film's release), and cannot help but remember how similar some opinions and stories I heard were to the views expressed in this film. And most important of all: the underlying anger appears to be real.
The acting, especially Sergej Trifunovic as psychiatrist-turned-porn producer Vukmir, is nothing short of (disturbingly) wonderful. The technical specs are top-notch for such a limited budget. I would have very much favored an incorporation of the (presumably Western) consumers of the kind of pornography it deals with, for that remains the film's weakest aspect: the social commentary is quite accurate, but not sufficiently explored.Īnd yet, 'A Serbian Film' is still unmistakably a piece of art. the complete and total moral decay of our times.
Yes, it's definitely reveling in the very muck it pretends to criticize, i.e. Yes, 'A Serbian Film' undoubtedly runs for the title of the yuckiest film ever. What's very interesting is that apart from some suggestive shots hinting at pedophilia and the extension of the film's most gruesome, unforgettable scene, it's all there, only left to the imagination - leaving me with the question I've come up with whenever confronted with such a case: if censorship leaves certain aspects to the spectator's imagination, isn't the effect even more stimulating? I've written a book and some articles about film censorship, so given the controversy looming around this particular film, and its highly interesting release history in the UK (read wikipedia for more), I got my hands on a pre-release uncensored copy. Reviewed by Radu_A 6 / 10 'A Serbian Film' from an academical point of view 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. Milos discusses the proposal with Marija and he signs the contract. However, Vukmir neither show the screenplay nor tells the story to Milos.
Milos is introduced to the director Vukmir who offers a millionaire contract to Milos to act in a film.
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. 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.
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