The film is inspired by the true story of Bosnian Serb soldier Srđan Aleksić who died protecting Bosniak civilian Alen Glavović in January 1993 in Trebinje during the Bosnian War. Three stories take place in parallel in Belgrade, Germany, and Trebinje. Nebojša who witnessed the death of his best friend overcomes his guilty conscience to confront the killer. Haris who owes his life to the person who sacrificed for him risks everything in order to return the favour. The murderer's son meets the fallen hero's father thus opening the way to overcoming the past.
The film is inspired by the true story of a Bosnian Serb soldier named Srđan Aleksić who died in Trebinje, Bosnia after protecting a Bosniak Muslim civilian named Alen Glavović in January 1993 during the Bosnian War. In the movie, a Serbian soldier named Marko protects a Bosniak shopkeeper named Haris who is being beaten to death by Serbian soldiers. After he disrupts the violence executed by the soldiers, the film makes a time jump 12 years ahead without prior warning and introduces us to three parallel stories taking place in Germany, Serbia and Bosnia respectively:
A horrendous event happened in Serbian occupied Bosnia in 1993. Twelve years later, the repercussions of that event still affect the people involved like circles expanding in disturbed water. I can't possibly describe all of the complexities of this story...some of them I'm still mulling over. But the subtlety of the character development and the way the film continues to raise the stakes for all of the people involved makes for a fascinating examination of human nature at its best and worst.
Nonbosnian filmmakers who live in a similar context as bosnians, but are not from bosnia have an opportunity to make films about bosnian war with an ellegant dose of intelligence and kindness.
For bosnian filmmakers it is a matter of life and death and these films often have a certain heaviness which makes them unbearable to watch (for me at least, I believe for other Bosnians as well)
A certain level of distance yet compassion that is felt in this movie is what relieves this movie of the above mentioned heaviness
I've seen a couple of films that depict life during or after the violence that ensued throughout the breakup of Yugoslavia. Circles is by far the most straightforward and effective to date. It manages balance three narratives that occur from one inciting incident.
: Six years after his breakout film The Trap, Serbian director Srdan Golubovic returns to Berlinale with Circles [+see also:
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film profile], which world-premiered at Sundance and won the Special Jury Prize. Co-written by Srdjan and Melina Pota Koljevic, the film is based on actual events, but tells a completely fictitious story about consequences of a heroic act.
The film starts in Trebinje in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian war, where Serbian soldier Srdjan Aleksić (called Marko in the film, and played by Vuk Kostic) stood up to protect Muslim friend Haris (Leon Lucev) harassed by a group of Serbian soldiers. We don't see how this incident ends until the end of the film, it jumps to 15 years later and tells three parallel stories happening in Trebinje, Belgrade and Germany.
In Trebinje, Marko's father Ranko (Aleksandar Bercek) is building a church. Young Bogdan (Nikola Rakocevic) needs a job and wants to work on the church, but Ranko seems to have a reason not to hire him. For a large part of the film, this is a mystery hidden from the audience, although the characters appear to know the reason.
This is a complex film which lives up to its title, which refers to ripples made in the water when you throw a stone. It implies the innumerable possible results of Marko's act, and how these "circles" influence lives of an exponentially progressing number of people, for years to come. The screenwriting couple has produced a complicated script which would probably fall apart in the hands of a less skilled director. But Golubovic holds it together with admirable control, keeping up the tension throughout the film, until the final scene which brings the denouement that, while familiar to people acquainted with the Aleksic case, will remain elusive to everybody else.
The film is populated with compelling characters and powerful performances. The whole cast is the top of the Balkan acting scene, but two actors stand out. Veteran Serbian actor Bercek has a role in which it is easy step over an emotional line, and he masterfully controls it. Glogovac, who shined in The Trap, and was most recently seen in Serbia's Oscar submission When Day Breaks [+see also:
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film profile], has the hardest task: to play an inner conflict of a character which is not the main protagonist. But he does it with aplomb, his changes in expression are so nuanced that the viewer is sometimes not even sure a line on his face moved, but cannot fail to properly feel Glogovac's reaction.
Technical credits are spotless, and while Aleksandar Ilic's brilliant camera work ensures the visual effectiveness of the film, editor Marko Glusac was the one who had to complete this winding road of a film with many side stops, which he does with intelligently and with elegance. Glusac died just a few weeks after the film was finished and it is dedicated to him.
Circles was co-produced by Serbia's Bas Celik, France's La Cinefacture, Germany's Neue Mediopolis, Croatia's Propeler Film and Slovenia's Vertigo/Emotion film, with participation of Arte France Cinéma and ZDF Arte. Memento Films International handles the international rights.
Il film è stato distribuito nei cinema il 25 febbraio in Serbia con il nome Krugovi; in Ungheria il 10 ottobre come Templom a dombon; in Turchia il 18 ottobre come Kesisen Hayatlar; in Croazia il 28 ottobre come Krugovi; in Polonia il 29 novembre come Kregi; in Slovenia il 26 febbraio 2014 come Krogi; in Danimarca il 6 aprile; in Germania il 17 aprile come Circles dalla Barnsteiner-Film, dove è stato vietato ai minori di 12 anni[5]; in Grecia il 24 aprile come Diastavroumenes zoes dalla AmaFilms, e in Francia il 9 luglio dalla Zootrope Films.
Film je svoju svetsku premijeru imao 18. januara 2013. godine u SAD na Sandens filmskom festivalu, evropsku 11. februara 2013. godine na Berlinskom filmskom festivalu,[5] dok je u Srbiji premijerno prikazan na FEST-u 23. februara 2013. godine[6] a u Sarajevu 19. avgusta 2013. i govorio je Rade, otac Srđana Aleksića.[7]
1993. Bosnia. A Serbian soldier Marko sees three soldiers hitting a Muslim civilian Haris. Marko interferes and saves Haris but the three soldiers then beat Marko to death. 2008. Marko's father is reconstructing a church near the town. The son of one of the three soldiers comes asking for a job. In Belgrade, Marko's friend is a heart surgeon. The leader of the three soldiers is brought in for operation. The film is inspired by a true event. The contemporary storylines are interwoven.
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Krugovi su film o posljedicama junačkog čina. Ima li junaštvo smisla i potiče li nas da činimo dobra djela? Tri paralelne priče prate likove koji su zbog prošlosti motivirani za donošenje odluka koje će im promijeniti budućnost. Nebojša, svjedok događaja u kojem je stradao njegov najbolji prijatelj, suočava se s ubojicom svog prijatelja. Haris, koji život duguje junaku koji se za njega žrtvovao, dug vraća riskirajući sve i pomažući ugroženoj ženi. Sin jednog od ubojica postupno otvara put za nadvladavanje tragične prošlosti.
Srdan Golubović rođen je 1972. u Beogradu. Diplomirao je na FDU u Beogradu. U filmskoj kući Baš Čelik, koju osniva s timom mladih autora, realizira glazbene spotove za najpoznatije domaće grupe i pjevače, kao i veoma zapažene reklamne spotove i marketinške kampanje. U produkciji Baš Čelika 2001. godine snima svoj prvi igrani film Apsolutnih sto (prikazan u glavnim programima preko trideset međunarodnih filmskih festivala) te 2006. godine snima svoj drugi igrani film Klopka koji je premijerno prikazan 2007. godine na Međunarodnom filmskom festivalu u Berlinu. Film je osvojio dvadeset i dvije međunarodne filmske nagrade, a bio je i u užem izboru od devet nominiranih filmova za Oscara za najbolji strani film.
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