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Devil¡¯s Town

Vladimir PASKALJEVIC

Serbia2009 82min 35mm Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

A series of interconnected stories taking place on a day. A poor girl wants to accompany friend in expensive tennis lessons. A rich young man doesn’t accept that his girlfriend wants to leave him. An unemployed man pays more attention to a tennis match on TV than to his baby. A stylish black comedy with dynamic and unpredictable plot.

Diretor

Vladimir PASKALJEVIC

He wrote, edited and directed a notable series of TV documentaries about Gypsy children in Serbian society. His short film Dolphins Are Mammals(1997) has won several awards, including FIPRESCI special mention at Montreal. He wrote a book of short stories The Optimists(2006). Goran Paskaljevi has made an award winning film based on the book.