Izgubljena zemlja (2023)
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Jovan Ginić, Jasna Đuričić, Miodrag Jovanović, Duško Valentić
During Belgrade’s 1996 unrest, teenage protester Stefan faces a personal dilemma when he realizes his mother is an accomplice of the regime he opposes and takes part in police plans targeting demonstrators.
The story
In 1996, amid the Yugoslav Wars, unrest breaks out in Belgrade after the Milošević regime falsifies election results following an opposition party’s victory. Teenager Stefan joins student protests against the regime, while his parents remain staunch Milošević supporters. His personal conflict deepens when he realizes that his beloved mother, Marklena, is a spokesperson and an accomplice of the corrupt government and Socialist Party of Serbia, and that she takes part in police plans targeting demonstrators. He cannot discuss with his best friend Milan the possibility that his mother may have been involved in the election fraud.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In 1996, amid the Yugoslav Wars, unrest breaks out in Belgrade. Stefan is a teenager who takes part in student protests against the Milošević regime after it falsifies the results following the opposition party’s election victory. The 15-year-old’s parents are staunch Milošević supporters. When he realizes that his beloved mother, Marklena, is a spokesperson and therefore an accomplice of the corrupt government and the Socialist Party of Serbia, against which he and his friends are rebelling, and that she even takes part in plans with the police targeting demonstrators, Stefan finds himself in a dilemma. He cannot talk to his best friend Milan about the possibility that his mother may be involved in the election fraud.
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