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Vladimir Perišić paints a nuanced portrait of Serbian adolescents torn between family ties and a burgeoning political consciousness. Belgrade 1996: After rumours of possible election fraud, students demonstrate on the streets against the Milosević regime. While his friends support the demonstrators, 15-year-old Stefan hesitates to take a political stand: His mother is the government's press spokesperson, her face is on the TV screens of post-Yugoslavia, defending the propaganda of those in power. The conflicting loyalties increasingly drive Stefan into isolation, where the childlike love for his mother begins to show cracks.

Regie

VLADIMIR PERIŠIĆ (*1976 in Belgrade) first studied Literature at the Paris VII university before graduating at the La Fémis film school. After his successful first feature Ordinary People (2009) he founded a publishing house and a film festival and taught at the University of Belgrade.

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