Ordinary People

Ordinary People

Director Vladimir Perišić

1 hr. 20 min. · France, Switzerland, Serbia, Netherlands, 2009 · Drama · Serbian · Subtitles: Lithuanian, English · N/A

About the film

Early morning. The bus is carrying seven soldiers in an unknown direction. Among them is Johnny in his twenties, a newcomer to the platoon who is hard to fit. The guys are brought to an abandoned single farm. Johnny tries unsuccessfully to figure out what they need to do here. The long wait begins. A bus with civilians is coming soon. The platoon commander explains that they are prisoners, enemies of the state. Soldiers understand what kind of work awaits them ...

“By looking at the gestures, expressions and feelings of one of the executioners from afar, I wanted to ask the following question: can we feel, see or think something else without the guilt that always arises in the face of inhumane actions? I tried to depict how the feeling of moral guilt disappears with cold killing, how execution from a morally impossible act becomes a job that just needs to be done, a duty and so on, "said director Vladimir Perišic.

Details

Running time
1 hr. 20 min.
Country, year
France, Switzerland, Serbia, Netherlands, 2009
Genre
Drama
Language
Serbian
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Age rating
N/A

Credits

Director
Vladimir Perišić
Screenplay
Vladimir Perisic
Cinematography
Simon Beaufils
Cast
Relja Popovic, Boris Isakovic, Miroslav Stevanovic
More information
www.imdb.com

Festivals and awards

  • Tarptautinis Kanų kino festivalis
  • Sarajevo International Film Festival
  • Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema
Vladimir Perišić

Director

Vladimir Perišić

Vladimir Perishchus was born in 1976 in Belgrade, Serbia. He studied at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade and La Femis in Paris. His final work was Dremano oko, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival (Cinefoundation). The film was awarded at the Munich Student Film Festival. People "is the director 's first feature film.