In 1902 in St. Petersburg, Russia, loner scientist Anton Kerzhentsevi studies primates. He's attracted to Tatyana, his friend Alexis' wife. As Anton slowly goes mad, he starts planning on how to kill his friend and get away with it.
Acting
Simić's trembling restraint as sanity unravels
Direction
Draškić's claustrophobic staging of domestic horror
Director
Ljubomir Draškić 'Duci'
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rare Serbian adaptation of Chekhov's 'The Butterfly,' transposed from 1880s to 1902 to heighten revolutionary tension.
Director Draškić reportedly insisted on live monkeys on set, causing chaotic filming conditions that actors later said enhanced their unease.
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