A Serbian Film

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First off *SPOILER ALERT* Because it's hard to talk about this film without discussing certain scenes, that's all that really remains with you from this film, I mean I've never heard anyone referring to the plot when they talk about this.

I'd also like to point out that I don't feel this falls into the category of SHIT FILMS because if I'm honest I like this film in a disturbing kind of way, which feels like it says more about me than the film. I mean I know it isn't anything special and I'm sure it would make the same impact if it was made solely of certain scenes that have given the film the stigma that's attached to it, but I admire the balls of someone who whips shit like this up onto a screen just like I admire the courage of a man who displays his genitals in a crowded area, it shows determination and a belief in the importance of your cause. I also just want to know how you direct a scene where a man fucks a newborn baby, once an actor has gotten himself into the mind of that character it's got to be awkward looking him in the eye again afterwards, and I do mean eye not eyes as those of you who have seen the film will know.

Anyway, the film. Well it's about 100 minutes of sex. It also likes to gradually push the boundaries of what the audience is willing to accept. In that sense the film is a lot like anal sex, it's about as painful as I'd imagine it is to receive anal sex too. It eases you in with some uncomfortable scenes to start like a child watching a video of his father in a porn film, I won't even get into the morals of good parenting here, then it gradually pushes further with the guys brother watching another one of his brothers porn films while being fellated, at this point you feel like it was a bad idea starting this in the first place but little do you know this film hasn't even started fucking you yet.

The turning point is the now notorious 'baby fucking scene' as I'll call it. This is when the film turns from the once delicate lover into the violent sodomiser it really is. You really get a sense of what you're in for at this point and there's still a lot more to come. It starts to throw everything at you, gradually making you realise that it was a horrible idea to start this. So it has paedophilia, it also likes to throw in a bit of necrophilia, as we see our films hero Milos hack a womans head off with a machete whilst still fucking her, what makes this scene worse in retrospect is that it's not even the worst scene of the film, it leaves that title in my opinion to the climactic scene which throws in some more paedophilia, some incest for good measure and what feels like a cheeky bit of skullfuckery. This scene does what it was made to do and leaves you with your mouth wide open making really high pitched sounds of shock every twenty seconds like a deflating sex doll.
By the end of the film we begin to process and accept what has just happened, and the quite touching moment as the family pass away together just puts to rest the events of the film, and just as the film has removed it's shaft from your anus you feel like you can start putting it all behind you. The final line however, just drops it to a new low and it's like the moment you try and sit down and remember how painfully you were just fucked.
As with anal sex the film leaves you feeling awkward and quite ashamed with yourself, and it's hard to go back to the way you were beforehand, and I like it. Not anal sex though, it's not for me.

I can't really say if this film has done what it was made to do, Director Srdjan Spasojevic wanted to make a point about the Serbian government and rules of censorship, and I think he managed to make his point, but that's not what the film will be remembered for. This film just creates a benchmark of shock value, and I feel like nothing I see in a film will ever really shock me anymore.

Summary: A Serbian Film is Anal Sex.