White, White World (Beli, Beli Svet)
Director: Oleg Novkovic.
Serbia & Montenegro, 2010.
120 mins. Serbian with English subtitles.
"Extraordinary artistic achievement..." Le Monde
Rightly awarded the New Vision Award at Crossing Europe 2011, WHITE WHITE WORLD is a tour-de-force of vision and innovation. Transporting a famous Greek tragedy to Bor, a mining village in today's Serbia, the story begins when a prisoner returns home to find her adolescent daughter is liaising with her old lover and local bar owner, "King". Realistic and convincing performances are contrasted with music and moments when the main characters break into solitary, melancholic songs to tell of their innermost feelings. However, this never feels artificial. Rather, it lures the viewer into sympathising and understanding some of the characters' most cruel and senseless actions. WHITE WHITE WORLD is a great example of how opera, ancient storytelling and film can meet to present a new vision of the modern world, and of cinema.
Rightly awarded the New Vision Award at Crossing Europe 2011, WHITE WHITE WORLD is a tour-de-force of vision and innovation. Transporting a famous Greek tragedy to Bor, a mining village in today's Serbia, the story begins when a prisoner returns home to find her adolescent daughter is liaising with her old lover and local bar owner, "King". Realistic and convincing performances are contrasted with music and moments when the main characters break into solitary, melancholic songs to tell of their innermost feelings. However, this never feels artificial. Rather, it lures the viewer into sympathising and understanding some of the characters' most cruel and senseless actions. WHITE WHITE WORLD is a great example of how opera, ancient storytelling and film can meet to present a new vision of the modern world, and of cinema.
Screenings
Arts Picturehouse
Sunday 18 September, 5:45PM
Arts Picturehouse
Thursday 22 September, 3:00PM
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