Beasts

Beštije

Yugoslavia

1977

103 Min

Color

Serbo-Croatian

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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SCR Dušan Kovačević, Živko Nikolić

CAST Velimir Bata Živojinović, Viktor Starcic, Rados Bajic, Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanić, Eva Ras, Pavle Vujisic, Mija Aleksić, Mirjana Kodzic, Ljiljana Mijatovic, Milka Lukic, Petar Spajic-Suljo, Ljiljana Kontic

This is a dark, surreal story of life and imminence of death,directed by the masterful hand of Zivko Nikolic. This is also a harsh political satire about absence of a clear vision and goal in the former Yugoslavia, expressed in the allegory of a floating island and its doomed inhabitants.Although made in 1977, its message is universal and can be applied to many contemporary events. A beautiful woman arrives on a god forsaken island and brings excitement and breath of fresh air in the lives of the locals. She awakes suppressed passion, hatred, love and fear,turning upside-down otherwise boring and monotonous island routine. The film is an intelligent and well crafted story about human soul, placed in an unidentified Adriatic island with Montenegrin schmeck. —IMDb

Director

Živko Nikolić

Živko Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Живко Николић) (20 November 1941 – 17 August 2001) was a famous Yugoslav and Montenegrin film director.

Živko Nikolić was born in Ozrinići, Nikšić municipality, Montenegro, Yugoslavia, in 1941. He graduated the Art School in Herceg Novi where he was trained as a painter of ceramics which contributed to his specific perception of the film. He died on 17 August 2001 in Belgrade. —Wikipedia

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Francisco R.

27Dec11

I'm at a loss trying to find what is so masterful about this film, the way I see it it's one of those provincial arthouse parables I've come to loathe over time.