Mihajlo, an introvert piano teacher starts romance with a pretty careerist who teaches modeling at the university in Belgrade where they both work. His feelings are awakened after a long period, but this relationship makes him see the flashbacks, as well as yet unseen images that remind him of his troubled childhood - as if he experienced this already. When their university wins a contest to hold public TV performance, Mihailo fails to play the piano on the decisive night and she dumps him. The boiling point is about to come.
Acting
Nadarević's trembling restraint as a man losing his timeline
Direction
Marković's seamless flashbacks that feel like premonitions
Score
Piano performances that curdle from romantic to terrifying
Director
Goran Marković
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Yugoslavia's dying days, the film's crumbling institutional settings mirror the country's own collapse. The university's hollow optimism feels quietly political.
The karate and driving school keywords aren't random — Mihailo's fragmented memories include learning violence and escape simultaneously, suggesting his trauma trained him for both.
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