Hadersfild (film)
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Hadersfild is a Serbian
Serbian language
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 film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 from 2007, directed by Ivan Zivkovic, and the script was written by Ugljesa Sajtinac.

Plot summary

The story is set in a small town in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. Rasha (Goran Susljik) is thirty-two, lives with his alcoholic father (Josif Tatic) and tries, whilst failing, to make end's meet by giving literature lessons to teenage girls and hosting a program on the local radio, presenting new books and interviewing authors.

Ivan (Nebojsa Glogovac
Nebojša Glogovac
Nebojša Glogovac is an award winning Serbian actor.-List of appearances:# 72 Days...

), a promising judoist in his teenage years, has since had a history of neurosis, psychotic episodes, hospitalization, being heavily medicated, involvement in various occult groups and practices, prior to having been baptized in the Orthodox Church.

Milla (Suzana Lukic) is very attractive, energetic, resourceful and very straightforward: it immediately becomes clear that apart from having a student/teacher relationship, she and Rasha are lovers.

Doole (Vojin Cetkovic
Vojin Cetkovic
Vojin Ćetković is a Serbian actor.-Filmography:*Raj *Simpatija i antipatija - Dimitrije*Tango je tužna misao koja se pleše *Dosije 128 - Miroslav Bojić, slikar...

) is a wannabe yuppie: he works for the local representative of major confectionery brands and is doing his best to act the part of a successful businessman who is well aware of global business trends as he sees them.

The monotony of their lives is interrupted by the arrival of Igor(Damjan Kecojevic), who has lived in Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....

 since the beginning of the nineties, and this is the first time he's come to visit since.

They all get together in the evening, and what begins as a cheerful high school reunion party of close friends with a lot of catching up to do, turns into an emotional roller coaster of reminiscing, dark humor, bitterness, uncontrollable laughter, anger and grim soul searching.

Media coverage

The film has proven to be a hit within Serbia and has played at the International Thessaloniki Film Festival in Greece
Greece
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, receiving rave reviews from critics.
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