Dobra zena (2016)

	Also Known As: A good wife
	Year of first release: 2016
	Director: Mirjana Karanovic
	Actors: Mirjana Karanovic, Boris Isakovic
	Country: BIH, HR, SRB
	Genre: Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 02.10.2016, ArteKinoFestival, Streaming, Serbian with French subtitles
Synopsis: Milena (Karanovic) is a mother living a comfortable life in a rather rich neighbourhood of Belgrad. She takes care about her image, cooks for her husband Vlada (Isakovic), receives people properly, sings in a choir. Most of their friends are old war companions of Vlada. When Milena finds a video of her husband committing war crimes, she starts thinking more about all the small details and indices she sees around her.
Review: This co-production by all countries involved in the Balkan war of the 1990s is for me a good symbol. Where the good wife sees the horrors committed not only by her country and for which she does not care any more because the country has to go forward, but also committed by her husband. And to forgive one person is not the same as to forgive one country. The question of justice lived by the counsciousness of common people is for me the main originality of the movie. We go indeed deep in her feelings and her dilemma by seeing the permanent slight force asking to see her environment differently and to question it.  The acting of Karanovic is excellent in subtelty to show this internal questionning behing her naive face.
Rating: 7 /10

Parada (2011)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2011
	Director: Srdjan Dragojevic
	Actors: Nikola Kojo, Milos Samolov
	Country: SRB, SLO, HR, MK, MNE
	Genre: Black Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 13.08.2012, Schauburg, OV
Synopsis: In year 2000, Mirko wants to organise a Gay pride in Belgrad. He and his boyfriend, Radmilo, have good jobs and are fed up to be insulted and beaten on open street by the homophobic majority of the Serbians. By circumstances, an ex-warrior turned gangster is forced to help them, by protecting the demonstration in the street. As he does not find any support in Belgrad, he makes a round in the Balkans to find people.
Review: The story is very original. The way people hate others because they have another nationality or sexual orientation is shown all along the movie by very drastic ways. The way people can go over this hate in the most unexpected situations is shown in a very funny way. By the way, the corruption, the neonazis, the homosexual scene, are depicted with an acid humour still close to the reality. The dialogues are also very natural and good, even if fully not political correct. The situation of nationalism and chauvinism in the Balkan is depicted with cruelty and humour. It is therefore impressive, that this movie got a financial basis all over these countries and such a big success. Via humour, this comedy could have a political impact, showing that hate is actually stupid. The actor play and the scenery have nothing special, but no mistake neither.
Rating: 7 /10