International title: THE LOAD
Original title: TERET
Directed by Ognjen Glavonić
Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar | 98 minutes | 2018 | Serbian
Vlada works as a truck driver during the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. Tasked with transporting a mysterious load from Kosovo to Belgrade, he drives through unfamiliar territory, trying to make his way in a country scarred by the war. He knows that once the job is over, he will need to return home and face the consequences of his actions.
Credits
Director: Ognjen Glavonić
DoP: Tatjana Krstevski
Year of production: 2018
Running Time: 94 min.
Language: Serbian
Production companies: Non-Aligned Films, Cinéma Defacto, Kinorama, Three Gardens Film
Country: Serbia, France, Croatia, Qatar, Iran
Cast: Leon Lučev, Pavle Čemerikic, Tamara Krcunović, Ivan Lučev, Igor Benčina
Ognjen Glavonić
Festival & Awards
Quinzaine des Réalisateurs – Cannes
TIFF – Discovery
Sarajevo Film Festival – Award for the Best Actor
Molodist – Special Jury Mention
FilmFestival Cottbus – FIPRESCI Prize for the Best Film, The Special Mention of the International Festival Jury
Festival International du Film de Marrakech – Best Directing
press quotes
a willful anti-thriller
Impressive new filmmaker illuminates a painful truth that inculpates more of us than we’d like to believe
intelligent and uncompromisingly spare story
Variety
