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About the Film

Balkan, or "bloody forehead" in Turkish, is a place of tragedy, wars, controversy, miraculous energy and indescribable beauty.

It is an absolute mystery for foreigners. Even We do not completely understand it.

Many tried to describe the Balkans.

Mesa Selimovic said: "It is a place of blood and honey."

One musician said: "Life here has always been between hope and despair."

Milorad Pavic wrote: "His name is Balkan, her name is Europe."

Although true, these thoughts are somehow superficial and incomplete.

While I was seeking for a truthful description of the Balkans I remembered Leo Tolstoy's words. He said: "Every wise saying is short".

My grandmother went much further in her description of the Balkans than all mentioned people.

Crew

Director
Alek Kezele

Camera and editing
Zikica Zivkovic

Producer
Ljubisa Bojic

Grandmother
Danica Matic - Silica

Guy with a beer
Uros Ostojic

Audi 3S driver
Nikola Obradovic

Burger eater
Marko Djurasevic
Football players
Kenan
Kemalj
Ferdi

Restaurant crew
Bojan Anicic - Papak
Nikola Orovic - Zuba
Djordje Mrmak
Goran Rankovic
Marko Kojic

Guy with a cigar
Sloba Cicu-Micu

Serbian beauty
Mija Batajic
Thanks to
Restaurant ?
Radio Television of Serbia
and to no one else

Used materials
Google Earth
Documentary series Trag – Radio Television of Serbia

Music
Bajaga – Ovo je Balkan
Azra – Balkan

Production
Reptilianum
October 2009.

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