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Srdjan Todorovic, Ana Sakic, Slobodan Bestic, Sergej Trifunovic, Jelena Gavrilovic ... see more see more... , Katarina Zutic , Lena Bogdanovic , Luka Nijatovic , Andjela Nenadovic , Nenad Herakovic , Carni Djeric , Miodrag Krcmarik , Lidija Pletl , Tanja Divnic , Narina Savic , Natasa Miljus

Milos, a retired porn star, leads a normal family life with his wife Maria and six-year old son Petar in tumultuous Serbia, trying to make ends meet. A sudden call from his former colleague Layla will... read more read more... change everything. Aware of his financial problems, Layla introduces Milos to Vukmir - a mysterious, menacing and politically powerful figure in the pornographic business. A leading role in Vukmir's production will provide financial support to Milos and his family for the rest of their lives. A contract insists on his absolute unawareness of a script they will shoot. From then on, Milos is drawn into a maelstrom of unbelievable cruelty and mayhem devised by his employer, "the director" of his destiny. Vukmir and his cohorts will stop at nothing to complete his vision. In order to escape the living cinematic hell he's put into, and save his family's life, Milos will have to sacrifice everything - his pride, his morality, his sanity, and maybe even his own life. -- (C) Invincible Pictures

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NC-17, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Srdjan Spasojevic

Release Date: May 13, 2011

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DVD Release Date: October 25, 2011

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  • theunknownhobo
    February 19, 2012
    theunknownhobo
    I am still quite shocked at how many people missed the entire point of this movie. Its a beautifully shot and well thought out, provoking movie about the degradation of humanity. Spasojevic was masterful in his attempts at literalising the concept of being "raped" from the moment... read more you are born by an unfair and corupt world. I think too many horror hounds with a soft spot for torture porn watched this movie and let the shocking elements (of which there are many) take the reigns and lead them away from what is a truly astonishing and completely original political and social commentary that displays it central themes with unrelenting and sometimes horrific brutality. A truly magnificent movie that has been seen by too many people with neither the inclination or the capacity to see the hidden honesty behind the blood chilling imagery. An amazing film to be watched with fully open eyes but not for the faint hearted.
  • MovieGeek13
    December 24, 2011
    MovieGeek13
    As soon as I hear about a film pushing the envelope in terms of graphic violence and redefining the term torture porn, there's a little demon inside me that begs me to seek it out. Such is the case with A Serbian Film. More often than not, I end up regretting the decision, not be... read morecause of the violence, but because the films are often nothing more than poorly created excuses to celebrate violence (Inside, High Tension). But every so often, I'll see a film like Martyrs that actually makes me defend such extreme movies as being high art. I can't really do that with A Serbian Film.
    The film chronicles Milos, a retired porn star who's savings are starting to run low. He is asked to take one more job by a director who seems determined to create a new style of porn. Unsure about what he is doing in the film, Milos takes the job because the payment would settle his financial woes for two lifetimes. Instead, he's drugged and turned into a sex crazy zombie.
    So how violent is the film? Well, you will watch in explicit detail the beheading of a woman while having sex, necrophilia, pedophilia, skullf*cking, a woman suffocated while giving a blowjob, and something involving a newborn baby that I don't dare utter on this website. This is the kind of film where you really will question the artistic merit if you haven't already dismissed it as vile, exploitative filth.
    There is an angry social commentary being made by director Srdjan Spasojevic. He is directing his anger towards the Serbian film industry and how their censorship laws make it impossible for any film that isn't government propaganda or naive romanticized viewpoints of the world to be made. It seems his film is a social critique on the Serbian government, a satire designed to shock like Jonathan Swift's Modest Proposal. But unlike Swift's elegant yet scathing prose, A Serbian Film doesn't explain to its audience what the Serbian government or the film industry is like. It's almost as if I would have to watch a separate documentary to understand why this horror film would have any merit. Instead of addressing the problems of government censorship, A Serbian Film revels in its violence so much that its critiques are an afterthought, something that gore hounds will use to try to justify their enjoyment of this kind of sexual violence. (I don't exclude myself from this category, as I actively sought this film out based on what I'd heard about it.) Swift was smart enough to subtly include proper solutions to his problem. A Serbian Film seems like the work of a very cynical, ignorant, irresponsible hipster crying out for attention, which is almost as dangerous as the institution he's criticizing.
  • CreedsDelight
    October 31, 2011
    CreedsDelight
    It's not very disturbing...
  • MizturY0da
    October 26, 2011
    MizturY0da
    2 stars
  • vendettagainst
    October 9, 2011
    vendettagainst
    I do not recommend this movie to anyone but seasoned film-goers.

    Everyone knows of the horrible, offensive material in the movie. If you can criticize the film for this, then it's one its few shortcomings. I can't, and I applaud the film for shocking a generation that has ceas... read moreed being shocked by internet shock sites like Stileproject. All of those people who had become accustomed to seeing snuff photos and all sorts of sexual perversity have been in search of something this extreme, and now that it's come "it's too offensive!" They'd be the first ones to give this film a negative review strictly for its content, while overlooking its overwhelming positive features.

    It's a smart horror film, for starters. It's almost Cronenbergian, given its focus is on both sex and violence. The actors and actresses all turned in stellar performances that are better than those that were nominated for the 2011 Academy Awards. The performances really are on par with those delivered in The Deer Hunter. It's a sort of rawness that is hard to emulate. The cinematography is also stunning. Serbia looks much more modern that I would have expected.

    As for the directors' intentions, I can't really comment. I see elements of a social commentary there, so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, and believe that their intentions weren't simply to make a shock flick. There certainly are plenty of political overtones, but there are more subtle bits of social commentary in there. There are Cronenbergian themes like society's infatuation with sex/technology/etc.

    While I can't recommend this movie to many people (if any), I have to give it a high mark for being as well made as it is and for trying to have some sort of political element; which is occasionally played up a bit too much. (It's much more overt than one would expect.) There are moments of thematic subtlety, though, and I applaud the movie for that more so than I criticize it for the former. People are going to go in with preconceived notions influenced by their internet critic of choice, but such is the case of any radical movie like this. I give A Serbian Film an 83%. (Oh, and the musical score is amazing and appropriate, too. Very industrial!)
  • deano
    August 28, 2011
    deano
    Sicko of gore and sexual violence made by actor-director Srdjan Spasojevic. That made me feel like I never wanna watch that Serbian film again.
    Any purpose the film might have beyond ultra-shock is compromised because its notion of extreme art-porn as a symptom of societal apoca... read morelypse is well-worn from the mainstream likes of 8MM or Vacancy. The worst on-screen atrocities - including the rape of a new-born baby - are conceptually beyond the pale, but executed with a fakey glee (and obvious special effects) which put it closer int tone to The Toxic Avenger than, say Videodrome or Lost Highway.
    That said, plenty of scenes here push various envelopes, and manage to be sick-making no matter how ridiculous they are.
  • blacksheepboy
    August 13, 2011
    blacksheepboy
    It is unbelievable how the repulsive director of this garbage has the guts to say that there is a political commentary in such a grotesque exercise in extreme torture porn. A disgusting waste of time that has no other purpose than to shock and to be polemic, shamelessly raping th... read moree viewer with an unbearable level of mindless, hedious violence.
  • fb840810656
    July 12, 2011
    fb840810656
    'A Serbian Film' makes a simple point through brutal means. Spasojevic does a decent job of grabbing the audience's attention, but abuses this privilege by face raping the audience for about 90 minutes. Quite frankly, this is a film the world could definitely do without. Don't wa... read moreste your time. Grade: D
  • LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    May 25, 2011
    LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    "Not all films have a happy ending."

    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.

    ... read moreace="Century Schoolbook">REVIEW
    Without a doubt this is one of the most disturbing movies and the responses it has received have been polar opposites. Some have described it as fascinating and mild-blowing and others have called it torture trash. I was warned about it beforehand but I like to challenge myself once in a while. Now I can watch movies like 'Feed' and 'Irreversible' and be shaken and admired by them.

    However, I have mixed opinions about 'Srpski Film' (a.k.a. 'A Serbian Film'). Initially the film does succeed in portraying that people are fascinated about taboo subjects and how they are easily hypnotized by it (even if it's bad to do/look at). However, at some point, nothing is left to suggestion. It incorporates as much taboo elements as it can (such as various forms of rape, newborn porn, bestiality, intrafamily rape, pederasty, paedophilia, fellating someone to death, necrophilia, snuff films) aiming to push boundaries and mashes them into gratuitous hardcore scenes.

    The director was aiming for shock value which is expected in this kind of film and most likely he was vouching for a place in the Guinness book for 'most disturbing legitimate film' of all time. The writer has been quoted to say, "This is a diary of our own molestation by the Serbian government... It's about the monolithic power of leaders who hypnotize you to do things you don't want to do. You have to feel the violence to know what it's about." What a clever way to use politics to defend an extreme fake porn-polished snuff-tortureflick.

    On the technical side, 'Srpski Film' is very well made. The cinematography, light effect and music are very effective in creating the atmosphere. The acting is also very good. Sr?an Todorovi? does a fine job as retired pornstar Milo. Sergej Trifunovi? does tend to be over the top to the point of being a caricature but that was perhaps the intention.
  • YLOWBSTARDreturns
    March 19, 2011
    YLOWBSTARDreturns
    I'll try to review this in depth at one point. But for now all I'll say about A SERBIAN FILM (Uncut Version) is that it's very well made and acted, suprisingly engaging, darkly comedic (now and then) and NOWHERE near as disturbing, graphic, disgusting, revolting, or repulsive as ... read moreeveryone has said. I though it was pretty tame on a visual level compared to some other films, and SALO is pretty much more disturbing on every level. Hell all of the SAW films after the first are more violent.

    Overall I enjoyed this film. It was challenging, stylish, had a cool soundtrack, and was just a quality film with risque content. But it's definately something I won't be itching to see again any time soon.

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Critic Reviews

A.O. Scott
May 12, 2011
A.O. Scott, New York Times

"A Serbian Film" revels in its sheer inventive awfulness and dares the viewer to find a more serious layer of meaning. Full Review

Karina Longworth
May 11, 2011
Karina Longworth, Village Voice

That the film exists at all is a more cogent commentary on the nation's collective trauma than any of the direct statements or potential metaphors contained within. Full Review

Kevin Carr
October 29, 2011
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures

A Serbian Film has a real point to be made. The sad thing is that it is lost on most people who will be offended to the point of dismissing the movie as trash. Full Review

Thomas Caldwell
September 19, 2011
Thomas Caldwell, Cinema Autopsy

For all its hysteria and nasty shock tactics, A Serbian Film does have something to say about representations of sexuality, cinematic violence and audience culpability. Full Review

Simon Foster
August 12, 2011
Simon Foster, sbs.com.au

As for the gut-wrenching, immoral shocker that we were led to believe would bring about the downfall of modern civilisation... well, it's pretty flaccid. Full Review

Joseph Jon Lanthier
May 21, 2011
Joseph Jon Lanthier, Slant Magazine

The rare piece of transgressive art that's more grimly meditative than satirical or allegorical, A Serbian Film's most daring aspect may be the muddle of soul-searching it demands from its audience. Full Review

Josh Bell
May 12, 2011
Josh Bell, Filmcritic.com

Spasojevic successfully grabs the audience's attention, and then he just abuses the privilege rather than doing anything worthwhile with it. Full Review

Laura Kern
May 11, 2011
Laura Kern, Film Comment Magazine

Viewers will need a lifelong shower after enduring it. Full Review

Joshua Rothkopf
May 10, 2011
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York

In its histrionic dream logic, the movie says as much about Eastern Europe as Twilight does about the Pacific Northwest. Frankly, you'd be better off self-abusing. Full Review

Scott Weinberg
January 9, 2011
Scott Weinberg, FEARnet

I admire and detest it at the same time. And I will never watch it again. Ever. Full Review

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