Skinning (film)
Skinning | |
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Directed by | Stevan Filipović |
Written by | Stevan Filipović Staša Koprivica Dimitrije Vojnov Nataša Vranješ |
Produced by | Branislav Jević |
Starring | Nikola Rakočević Viktor Savić Bojana Novakovic |
Cinematography | Mihajlo Savić |
Edited by | Stevan Filipović Nataša Vranješ |
Distributed by | Hypnopolis |
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Country | Serbia |
Language | Serbian |
Budget | €500,000 |
Box office | €171,052 |
Skinning (Serbian: Шишање / Šišanje) is a 2010 Serbian film directed by Stevan Filipović. It premiered on 6 October 2010 in Sava Centar in Belgrade.[1][2]
Plot
The film opens with actual news footage of protests in front of the American embassy in Belgrade following the
The story than backs up as Novica (
At a math competition as the students are working away solving problems, Novica is pressured into facilitating cheating by Relja, a confident skinhead full of bravado who is also gifted at math but doesn't quite possess Novica's math problem-solving skills. Relja is seated relatively close to Novica at the competition and is stuck on a question that he can't solve. Flattered by the attention from a kid placed much higher on the high school social scale, Novica passes Relja the solution scribbled on a piece of paper. The competition supervisor notices something untoward occurred and tells Novica to report the person he had helped without penalty to himself. Wanting to cover for Relja, Novica purposely wrongly points out nerdy Stanislav as the recipient of his help, leading to the supervisor throwing both Novica and Stanislav out thus breaking her promise to spare Novica.
Outside, Relja is happy and impressed with Novica's behaviour under pressure, handing him a copy of Hitler's
The next day, Relja takes Novica to a football match since his skinheads are active as fans of FK Radnik—corrupt lower-league club financed by the local gangster nicknamed Pufta (
Couple of days later, Relja formally introduces Novica to the various individuals that make up his skinhead, white supremacist group, including his sexy girlfriend Mina (
Hanging out one night, under the influence of alcohol, the group is walking along the river quay when they run into one of the diesel boys who's all by himself. In addition to belonging to their hated rival group, he's also Roma, which makes him even more of a target in their eyes. Relja however orders them not to bother, but Novica who is for the confrontation with the others backing him with words, charges and beats the guy with fists. Relja and the others pull Novica from killing the gypsy but he surprises all by taking construction block piece and kills the gypsy. Shocked by the gruesome crime Novica just committed, other skinheads panic a bit before regrouping and deciding to dump the body into the river and sink it with rocks.
Cast
- Nikola Rakočević as Novica
- Viktor Savić as Relja
- Bojana Novakovic as Mina
- Nikola Kojo as Milutin
- Nataša Tapušković as Officer Lidija
- Predrag Ejdus as Nazi Professor Hadži–Tankosić
- Milan Mihailović as Novica's father
Actor Dragan Mićanović made an appearance in the film.[3] Popular Serbian journalist and television presenter Ivon Jafali also appeared in the film as the journalist.[4]
Production
The pre–production of Skinning began in 2007.[2] The director Stevan Filipović got some funds from the SEE Cinema Network in Thessaloniki.[5] The film was shot in stages, as it required great transformations of the actors, which included training in the gym and changing haircuts.[5]
Motifs
Though on occasion applying a thin disguise when it comes to actual names, the movie references and alludes to various individuals, organizations, and events from the Serbian public life during the 2000s.
The fictitious FK Radnik from Belgrade is obviously
In fact, many details from the football subplot in the movie are lifted straight from
both of which uncovered and alleged high levels of organized criminality and systemic corruption within the Serbian league football.Reception
The film grossed
One reviewer wrote: "Skinning is an obligatory, which must be seen by almost all parents who raise a teenager in their home... Especially those whose talents are unimaginable. And especially the parents who doubt to have a genius, because the line between genius and madness is thin. Skinning divides nationalism and false patriotism from violence and anarchy." Press.[10]
References
- Internet Movie Database
- ^ Novosti: Kad život imitira film(9 October 2010)
- Internet Movie Database
- Internet Movie Database
- ^ a b Beogradska kulturna mreža: Film "Šišanje" — Zanimljivosti Archived 2022-02-16 at the Wayback Machine (29 September 2010)
- ^ Pravila igre;B92, February 2008
- ^ (Ne)moć države;B92, 3 December 2009
- ^ Internet Movie Database
- ^ BoxOfficeMojo
- ^ Jovanović, Aleksandar, Press: Šišanje (2 November 2010)
External links
- Skinning at IMDb