Synopsis : Five years after a factory fire claimed the lives of several workers and, with them, the primary livelihood of a rural Balkan town, the plant’s union is met with a debilitating blow in their fight for reparations. Long suspected of causing the fire in order to privatize their property, the owners have succeeded in evading legal consequence and the workers are cast as ungrateful nuisances, obstinate in the face of capitalistic progress. Stoic labour leader Ceca refuses to give up hope, but her position grows tenuous when the collective begins to develop a fascination with the pagan practices of its newest member, Mija. After Mija leads the union in a ritual that belies a satanic undertone, strange occurrences begin to be reported around town, including the enigmatic manifestation of a decrepit man, seen stalking the most corrupt citizens.
Festival History : Toronto International Film Festival 2024
Director :
Mladen Djordjevic
Producer :
Milan Stojanovic, Mladen Djordjevic
Screenplay :
Mladen Djordjevic
DOP :
Dusan Grubin
Editor :
Lazar Predojev
Cast :
Tamara Krcunovic, Leon Lucev, Momo Picuric
Mladen Đorđević was born in Belgrade, Serbia. He has directed the features Glad (2002) and The Life and Death of a Porno Gang (2009), part of the omnibus film Equals (2014), and the documentaries Made in Serbia (05) and Vienna Hallways (2020).