7/10
Serbia's pretty crazy it seems, or at least bleak as hell, judging from this movie (and the memory of A Serbian Film in the periphery). This is a drama centering around a group of people who are related in some way (friends, lovers and family but also pimps, whores, murderers, addicts and dealers, etc). It's hard for the viewer to find a foothold when every character is brutal and unsympathetic, but the story is interesting and well-told (although it requires some suspension of disbelief for its central twist) and it plays out like a Greek tragedy. Of note is that it's also a musical, with characters spontaneously breaking into song throughout. If it sounds cheesy, it really isn't, but I'm not sure it works or adds anything either. I would have felt the same way about the movie without em, so there you have it.
