“Devil’s Town” is a black comedy on Belgrade today. Few various characters’ destinies crisscross in a day when famous Serbian tennis players play important tournament. The poor girl that tries to afford herself tennis equipment at any price… The businessman that can’t avoid corruption… Teenage bimbo that tries to find rich husband... The rich teenager that can’t buy him love… The rich prostitutes who pretend that they are happy… The taxi driver who blames the rest of the world for his personal misfortune…“No one is such a great writer as the life itself. Clever writers steal from it. That kind of thievery can be art. You have to select what you want to steal, to get away unnoticed, to re-pack and sell the stolen good. I selected something that reflects my feeling about the times I am living. I had an urge to do that”, – says Vladimir Paskaljević.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 22 min.
- Country, year
- Serbia, 2009
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Serbian
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Vladimir Paskaljević
- Screenplay
- Vladimir Paskaljević
- Cinematography
- Milan Spasic
- Cast
- Lazar Ristovski, Marija Zeljković, Mina Čolić, Slavko Štimac, Jana Milić
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- unknown - 1
Director
Vladimir Paskaljević
Vladimir Paskaljević was born in 1974 in Serbia. He has graduated Film directing at University of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade (2000). Since then, he wrote, edited and directed a notable series of TV documentaries about integration of Gypsy children into Serbian society. His short student film “Dolphins are mammals” (1997) has won several international awards. Vladimir Paskaljević is the author of an acclaimed novel “BDSM”, on paradoxes in civil war and an absurd of growing nationalism, and a book of short stories called “The Optimist” (2006). Goran Paskaljević has made an award winning film based on the same book. “Devil’s Town” is his first feature film.
