Ordinary People

Ordinary People (2009)

Obični ljudi

The story of a soldier faced with mission of executing prisoners in an unspecified place and time. The film follows a hot summer day in the life of Džoni, a twenty-year-old recruit, who is sent to an abandoned farm on an unknown mission. The soldiers wait to battle unnamed terrorists, but instead, a bus full of prisoners arrives to the barracks. The commander orders the soldiers to execute the prisoners. At first, Džoni is shocked by the cruel killings, but as more prisoners arrive, he begins to enjoy the executions.

Date of release
2009-08-26
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
War, Drama
Director
Vladimir Perišić

Casting

Interesting facts

Ordinary People is a 2009 French and Serbian film directed by Vladimir Perišić, starring Relja Popović, Boris Isaković, and Miroslav Stevanivić. Director Vladimir Perišić tells the story of a soldier faced with mission of executing prisoners in an unspecified place and time. It is Perišić's first feature film. The film has won several awards from various film festivals.

Development

The director lived in Belgrade during the Yugoslav Wars, where "the violence was omnipresent in our lives but indirectly". The film, however, does not directly state the setting, leaving the audience to decide where the film takes place. Perišić stated that the film portrays how brutal acts, like those in the Yugoslav Wars, were not committed by "monsters" but rather "ordinary men".

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