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Tockovi (1998)

92 min · Dark Comedy, thriller film

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Directors

Đorđe Milosavljević

Cast

Dragan Mićanović, Anica Dobra, Ljubisa Samardzic, Nikola Kojo, Bogdan Diklić

Stranded overnight at a rain-bound motel, Nemanja must convince its volatile guests that he is not the serial killer they believe him to be.

The story

Nemanja is traveling to visit his father and borrow money so he and his girlfriend, Maca, can manage. Torrential rain closes the road, forcing him to spend the night at the Točak motel with an unsettling assortment of guests: a weapons dealer, a businessman who sells deadly drugs, the businessman's mistress, a married couple, and the motel owner. As the night wears on, the guests turn on Nemanja, tie him up, and accuse him of being the Smiling Monster, a killer terrorizing Serbia. They decide to put him on trial, leaving Nemanja to find an unusual way to establish his innocence.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

The entire film takes place over one long, rainy night, during which Nemanja clashes with a group of reckless, aggressive people. They accuse him of being the homicidal maniac terrorizing the area, and he tries in an unusual way to prove his innocence. In this situation, Nemanja learns things about himself he would never have believed and discovers that he has a strange talent. Nemanja is a young man who has set out to visit his father to borrow some money so that he and his girlfriend, Maca, can get by. However, the rain has fallen so heavily that it has closed the road, and Nemanja has to spend the night at the “Točak” motel, along with Vladimir Korenko, a weapons dealer with a speech impediment; Milan Junić, a businessman who sells deadly drugs; Žan, Junić’s mistress, who has been paid to kill him; the married couple Ćorić; and the motel owner. During the night, they attack him, tie him up, accuse him of being the killer known as the Smiling Monster, who is terrorizing Serbia at the time, and decide to put him on trial. But then there is a twist, and Nemanja takes matters into his own hands...

Genres

Dark Comedy, thriller film

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