LOST COUNTRY

SERBIA, FRANCE, CROATIA, LUXEMBOURG | 2023 | COLOR | DCP | 105’| SERBIAN

1996, Serbia. Amidst protests against the Milošević regime, 15-year-old Stefan will have to revolt against what he holds most precious. He must face his beloved mother, the object of rebellion for his friends due to her being a press representative for the corrupt government. Politically conscious and forging a great sense of empathy that brings to mind the cinema of Krzysztof Kieślowski, Vladimir Perišić’s film depicts the pressing dilemma of his green hero as a dangerous, oppressing dragnet is closing unpredictably. Jasna Djuricic, the jawdropping actress of ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’ plays the mother. Best Actor Award in the Festival of Sarajevo for the young protagonist. Th.P.

DIRECTOR: Vladimir Perišić
SCREENWRITERS: Vladimir Perišić, Alice Winocour
DoP: Sarah Blum, Louise Botkay
EDITOR: Martial Salomon
PRINCIPAL CAST: Jovan Ginic, Jasna Duričić, Miodrag Jovanović, Lazar Ković, Pavle Čemerikić

VLADIMIR PERIŠIĆ
Serbian filmmaker, born in Yugoslavia, in 1976. He studied in the famous La Fémis in Paris, where he completed a series of short films. This is his second, solo, feature, preparing his third.

FILMOGRAPHY
2023 Lost Country
2009 Ordinary People