Directed by:
Srdan GolubovicCinematography:
Aleksandar IlicComposer:
Mario SchneiderCast:
Nebojsa Glogovac, Emir Hadzihafizbegovic, Vuk Kostic, Aleksandar Bercek, Nikola Rakocevic, Leon Lučev, Boris Isakovic, Hristina Popovic, Dejan Čukić (more)Plots(1)
A scene from the war: Because his brand of cigarettes is sold out, Serbian army officer Todor hurls abuse at Muslim kiosk owner Haris. The situation escalates when soldier Marko intervenes and manages to save Haris, but is then beaten to death by his own comrades. Twelve years later – the war is now over – the incident casts a long shadow over the lives of all of those involved. We reencounter them in Belgrade, where Todor, badly injured in an accident, ends up on the operating table of doctor Nebojša, a friend of Marko; in Halle, where Haris now lives and works; and in Trebinje, where Marko's father is rebuilding a church. Marko's father wonders if his son died in vain or whether his death might create the sort of rippling circles that form when a stone is cast into water. In the end, this tightly woven story based on real events becomes itself a circle, finally returning to its own beginning. The camera records the same scene from a different perspective and thus provides clarity. Yet the questions of guilt and forgiveness, of responsibility, heroism, and justice that the film raises in the process cannot be resolved with anything like the same ease. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Nebojsa Glogovac
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Cabaret Balkan (1998)
The Constitution (2016)
Enclave (2015)
Emir Hadzihafizbegovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
La Voix d'Aida (2020)
Dobro ustimani mrtvaci (2005)
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
Vuk Kostic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Life Is a Miracle (2004)
Absolute Hundred (2001)
The Trap (2007)
Aleksandar Bercek
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Who's Singin' Over There? (1980)
Cabaret Balkan (1998)
Life Is a Miracle (2004)
Nikola Rakocevic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
ZG80 (2016)
The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip (2014)
Circles (2013)
Leon Lučev
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Will Not End Here (2008)
The Society of Jesus (2004)
Witnesses (2003)
Boris Isakovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
La Voix d'Aida (2020)
Absolute Hundred (2001)
The Trap (2007)
Hristina Popovic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
The Cordon (2002)
Parade (2011)
Beli lavovi (2011)
Dejan Čukić
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
The Trap (2007)
Original (2009)
Stockholm Stories (2013)
Franziska Neiding
Germany
Best movies:
Circles (2013)
Kennen Sie Ihren Liebhaber? (2012) (TV movie)
Lilly Schönauer (2006) (series)
Geno Lechner
West Germany
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Avetik (1992)
Circles (2013)
Marko Janketic
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
ZG80 (2016)
The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip (2014)
Circles (2013)