A Serbian Film
An aging porn star (Srdjan Todorovic) who's struggling to provide for his family agrees to make a film, only to discover that he has been drafted into making a pedophilia and necrophilia themed snuff film.
2 September 1972, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
16 May 1984, Pancevo, Serbia, Yugoslavia
25 November 1978, Krusevac, Serbia, Yugoslavia
28 March 1965, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
18 January 1983, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
29 December 1974, Novi Sad, Serbia, Yugoslavia
19 September 1955, Sombor, Serbia, Yugoslavia
24 October 1972, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
27 March 1964, Pancevo, Serbia, Yugoslavia
January 12, 2015
[VIDEO ESSAY] ...Spasojević invites the viewer to compare his made-up pornography of death to the similar underlying nature of capitalism's commercial cinema of the West and its attendant sponsors.May 11, 2011
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.November 06, 2015
To compliment it as being well-crafted, which it is, doesn't mean much when it's unwatchable.July 02, 2013
True to its state-of-the-nation title, Srdjan Spasojevic's "A Serbian Film" is an electrifying, ithyphallic allegory of a country bestialised, violated, commodified and sold - by its own - down the riverOctober 07, 2015
Bottom line is, this film doesn't make any taboo look sexy - not even remotely. If you find it arousing, you are the problem.May 12, 2011
"A Serbian Film" revels in its sheer inventive awfulness and dares the viewer to find a more serious layer of meaning.May 10, 2011
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.August 26, 2015
I admire and detest this film at the same time. And I will never watch it again.October 29, 2011
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.November 06, 2016
There exists a hard, bitter audience for the likes of A Serbian Film, one of the most graphic depictions of human suffering I have ever seen committed to the screen. I am not among them.March 13, 2013
Fantastic performances from the two leads make for a very powerful film. It's truly a technical achievement on every count and while It may not be for everyone, if you can stomach it, watch it!December 09, 2010
A sordid welter of sexual sadism, incestuous necrophilia and 'snuff movie' nihilism.