Archive of films Devil's Town / Djavolja Varoš

Serbia
2009, 82 min

Section: East of the West - Competition
Year: 2009

Devil’s Town is a film about people driven only by their basic needs, deep instincts, obsessions, ambitions, fears and frustrations. Is their moral crisis merely a consequence of the hard times they have to live through, or is it the other way round?”, asks the director of the film. This black comedy about modern life in the director’s native country is the debut of Vladimir Paskaljević, after whose short stories his father Goran created the award-winning film The Optimists (KV IFF 2007).


Synopsis

Devil’s Town is a black comedy about modern Belgrade. The lives of various characters crosses on the day famous Serbian tennis players compete in an important tournament. A poor girl who tries to get hold of tennis equipment at any price, a businessman who can’t avoid corruption, a teenage bimbo looking for a rich husband, a wealthy teenager who can’t buy love, rich prostitutes who pretend they are happy, a taxi driver who blames the rest of the world for his personal misfortune… "Devil’s Town is a film about people driven only by their basic needs, deep instincts, obsessions, ambitions, fears and frustrations. Is their moral crisis merely a consequence of the hard times they have to live through, or is it the other way round?”, asks the director of the film.

About the director

Vladimir Paskaljević

Vladimir Paskaljević (b. 1974, Nis, Serbia) studied film direction in Belgrade. His short film Dolphins Are Mammals (Delfini su sisari, 1997) was screened at festivals all over the world and was awarded by the FIPRESCI jury at the Montreal IFF. His television documentaries, which he wrote, directed and edited, focus on the issue of the integration of Romany children into Serbian society. Paskaljević also wrote the novel BDSM, which deals with the absurdity of growing nationalism, and the collection of short stories The Optimists, on which his father, director Goran Paskaljević, based his award-winning film of the same name, which was screened at Karlovy Vary in 2007. Devil’s Town is the filmmaker’s feature debut as a director.

Contacts

Nova Film
Kneginje Ljubice 6, 110 00, Belgrade
Serbia
Tel: +381 63 303 306
Fax: +381 11 328 4911
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.goranpaskaljevic.0fees.net

MT Images
Golubacka 2/14, 11000, Belgrade
Serbia
Tel: +381 63 280737
E-mail: [email protected]

About the film

Color, 35 mm
World premiere

Section: East of the West - Competition
   
Director: Vladimir Paskaljević
Screenplay: Vladimir Paskaljević
Dir. of Photography: Milan Spasić
Editor: Petar Putniković, Vladimir Paskaljević, Kristina Poženel
Producer: Milan Tomić
Production: MT Images
Cast: Lazar Ristovski, Marija Zeljković, Mina Čolić, Slavko Štimac, Jana Milić
Contact: Nova Film, MT Images

Guests

Miroljub Vučković

Film Institution Rep.

Vladimir Paskaljević

Film Director


Milan Tomić

Producer, Producer

Jana Milic

Actress


Goran Jevtic

Actor

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