Živko Nikolić — Director (7)

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The Boogeyman (1974)
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other title: Bauk
Psychological documentary portrait of a village woman who's about to have an abortion. The story is conveyed in an expressionistic manner with ritualistic undertones.

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The Beauty of Vice (1986)
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other title: A Beleza do Pecado / Die Schönheit der Sünde …
In the mountains of Montenegro people have lived by strict and Draconian laws for centuries, almost untouched by modern civilization. However, a young couple are going to seek their fortune on the more liberal coast and there they find jobs in the nudist colony. Hundreds of naked bodies and atmosphere of joie d'vivre make the husband and wife question their rigid way of life.

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In the Name of the People (1987)
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Zivko Nikolic actor: 米奥德拉格·克里沃卡帕奇 / Petar Bozovic …
other title: 以人民的名义 / U ime naroda
Zivko Nikolic是前南“黑浪潮”电影运动中”黑山学派”的代表人物。 The best Montenegrin film ever made. Zivko Nikolic is easily the most important Montenegrin movie director of all times and this is his most audacious film. So many fine details that only a Montenegrin can pick up, the language, the mentality, directness of the way people interact. The good side of its mentality, depicted in Milutin, and the dark side - pretty much all the rest... I can't witness if the actual story was in any sense realistic, it was long before my time, however, the people are spot on - bit exaggerated but true to the bone! It is perhaps not the easiest film to watch, however it is incredibly rewarding. The mistake you shouldn't make is to take it literally. It is a very subtle analysis of his beloved and at the same time cursed land. I am still amazed at how he actually managed, and was allowed, to make such an uncompromising attack at the secret police and its legacy in Montenegro. Perhaps he caught a rare moment of about 4-5 years when its grip temporarily let off. After 1989, the guys in leather coats (these days driving Golfs, as another self chosen status symbol)are back in the earnest and this film is very relevant indeed even in todays Montenegrin society.

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Bestije (1977)
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Zivko Nikolic actor: Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic / Viktor Starcic …
other title: 兽 / Beasts
黑山导演Zivko Nikolic的超现实主义电影代表作之一,Zivko Nikolic也属于前南“黑浪潮”电影运动。这部寓言式的影片充满着象征含义和对黑山地区人们传统乡村生活的真实描写。 This is a dark, surreal story of life and imminence of death,directed by the masterful hand of Zivko Nikolic. This is also a harsh political satire about absence of a clear vision and goal in the former Yugoslavia, expressed in the allegory of a floating island and its doomed inhabitants.Although made in 1977, its message is universal and can be applied to many contemporary events. A beautiful woman arrives on a god forsaken island and brings excitement and breath of fresh air in the lives of the locals. She awakes suppressed passion, hatred, love and fear,turning upside-down otherwise boring and monotonous island routine. The film is an intelligent and well crafted story about human soul, placed in an unidentified Adriatic island with Montenegrin schmeck.