Serbian born director Spasojević describes A Serbian Film as a “family drama that descends into hell”, and states that it is a political allegory designed to illustrate the plight of the Serbian people during the disintegration of Yugoslavia. These off-white rooms are clinical and ‘wipe clean’, echoing the disposable nature of the porn film’s cast. The most graphic scenes of the film are located in acentre for abused and orphaned children or in stark, concrete rooms. Rooms are dominated by dark shadows with little gradient jarring against vivid red blood.

In contrast, the scenes inside the mansion and the other buildings where the porn film shoot is located are heavily saturated. This is intensified by a soundtrack that alternates between eerie silence and frenetic electronic dubstep. The director over-exposes external scenes making the sequences seem surreal and uses the impossibly bright Serbian sunshine to evoke a sense of disorientation. Shot over sixty-one days on location in Belgrade, director Srđjan Spasojević uses a Red One high definition digital camera to create a distinctive aesthetic finish which is characterised by his use of colour. The film persistently uses excess and taboo in order to push boundaries by juxtaposing images of children with violence and sexualised violence, incorporating snuff, and depicting the rape of a newborn baby.ĭespite the disturbing content, the film is a stylish and accomplished directorial debut. As he becomes increasingly uncomfortable with the director’s requests, Milos attempts to resign but instead finds himself drugged, abused, and duped into committing violent sexual atrocities including rape, necrophilia, paedophilia and incest. Milos agrees to participate in an unscripted reality-porn art-movie, directed in real time through an ear piece. A Serbian Film is a visceral, highly impactive piece of work that tells the story of Milos (Srdjan Todorovic), a porn star lured out of retirement by a large sum of money and the dream of escape from Serbia.

Produced in Serbia without the constraint of government interference, it is the first independently funded film to be made in the country.

It quickly became the most widely recognised Serbian film in the UK and subsequently the most heavily censored film in sixteen years. Srpski Film / A Serbian Film (Srđjan Spasojević, 2010) generated a remarkable amount of publicity when it was included in the schedule for the London genre festival Frightfest in 2010.

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