I am surprised that this work has been so underrated and I suspect it is because of the mistaken expectations with regard to its genre. Even though it is a story about a Serbian female spy set in WW2, this is not a spy thriller. It is a biopic and a critique of a deeply entrenched patriarchy in the Serbian society which is shown as a contributing factor to the main character's tragic demise. It is also an interesting piece of historical drama in the sense that it beaks all the usual moulds of representing allegiances with one of the two or three generic factions (Germans, partisans, chetniks). So far the tendency has been to show this from a position of historical presentism. Here however the notion of side-taking is more deeply problematised showing the pragmatic and more realistic aspects of how complex the array of options and side-switching during the period must have been. It is a truly ground breaking piece of storytelling and should be more appreciated. I watched the series (which was maybe a bit too long though still very watchable), but that makes me think the film is even better. I hope it reaches some of the more international platforms soon!
