Beba Loncar

Italian oddity on violent influences in society, at times somewhat Godardesque. A strangely apathetic and mute mother watches on as her children develop disturbing behaviour. They torture the nanny, accuse each other of Communism, build dangerous rockets that tend to blow up and kill whoever is nearby, read medical details about death, and seem to be involved in a series of deaths and accidents. The mother joins a strange revolutionary group that preaches violence against the bourgeoisie, builds bombs, and takes part in odd didactic presentations, while another mother buys her children books by De Sade. Eventually the mother decides to fight fire with fire and put a violent end to the madness.Read More »

Dvoje was Petrovic’s first full-length feature film and obviously quite influenced by the French new wave. The film was in competiotion at 1962 Cannes festival. As Daniel Goulding puts it: “…It is an antioptimistic manifesto exploring a failed love relationship, played out in an alienated urban environment. An intimate film, it explored new possibilities for film language by replacing traditional narrative structures with intricate visual metaphors. “Read More »

A photographer is sailing with his wife, her sister and his nympho-maniacal model. He leaves the three women alone to get a part for his boat. A mysterious man shows up, who might be an escaped criminal the police are searching for. This doesn’t alarm the three women too much, and he rapidly seduces all three of them.Read More »