PRODUCTION / FINANCEMENT Serbie / Bulgarie / Grèce / Monténégro / Roumanie
Mladen Djordjević commence le tournage de son film Working Class Goes to Hell
par Vladan Petkovic
- Le scénariste-réalisateur serbe tourne en ce moment son deuxième long-métrage de fiction, qui combine le réalisme socio-politique avec certains traits propres au thriller psychologique
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Serbian writer-director Mladen Djordjević, known for his brave and provocative style and references to the tradition of the Yugoslav Black Wave in his transgressive arthouse hit The Life and Death of a Porno Gang and the docudrama Vienna Hallways [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], started shooting his second feature-length fiction film, Working Class Goes to Hell [+lire aussi :
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interview : Mladen Djordjević
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The plot follows a group of ex-workers from a recently closed factory, who, in their fight for personal dignity, reach out to the supernatural. The film relies on a large ensemble of regional actors, including Tamara Krcunović (Humidity [+lire aussi :
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interview : Nikola Ljuca
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interview : Ognjen Glavonić
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interview : Ivan Marinovic
fiche film]), Ivan Djordjević, Szilvia Kriszan, Mirsad Tuka, Lidija Kordić, Tomislav Trifunović, Olivera Viktorović and Stefan Sterev.
Djordjević describes Working Class Goes to Hell as “a film about the potential for rebellion and the limitless power and strength we all carry hidden deep within us”.
“With this film, I wish to express my personal view on the painful topic of transition from a socialist into a capitalist society, but from what I believe is a fresh angle, combining socio-political realism with the elements of a psychological thriller,” says the director.
Lensed by DoP Dušan Grubin, the film is being produced by Milan Stojanović for Serbia's Sense Production, Djordjević for Serbia's Corona Film, Martichka Bozhilova for Bulgaria's Agitprop, Maria Drandaki for Greece's Homemade Films, Ivan Marinović for Montenegro's Adriatic Western and Anamaria Antoci for Romania's Tangaj Production.
Working Class Goes to Hell was supported by Film Center Serbia, the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Greek Film Centre, Film Centre Montenegro and Eurimages.
(Traduit de l'anglais)
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