Belgrade in 1993. The pent-up tension of uncertain times is released at a children’s birthday party. While the kids celebrate in the living room dressed up as Ninja Turtles, the adults discuss, flirt, smoke and drink in the kitchen.
Acting
Dubravka Kovjanić's barely-contained rage as Majka.
Direction
Tomović traps you in that kitchen like a fly in vodka.
Costume
Those Ninja Turtles suits are *chef's kiss* tragicomic.
Director
Milica Tomović
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tomović filmed in her actual childhood home; those Ninja Turtles were her brother's real costumes. The hyper-specific 1993 Belgrade details—from the UN sanctions to the specific cigarette brands—are ethnographic precision.
The title refers to a 1990s Serbian slur for people who pretended to be Celtic fans to get visas—Majda's desperate plan to escape. The film's refusal to directly show the war outside mirrors how educated urban Belgraders literally turned their backs on it.
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