The Rats Woke Up

Original title: Budjenje pacova

1967
1h 19m

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A lonely man struggles to find the money for his ill sister's treatment while at the same time trying to escape his past and to make sense of the present.A lonely man struggles to find the money for his ill sister's treatment while at the same time trying to escape his past and to make sense of the present.A lonely man struggles to find the money for his ill sister's treatment while at the same time trying to escape his past and to make sense of the present.

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7.6/10

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Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination

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Trivia
As of 2016 it was included in the #100 Serbian movies list (1911-1999) and protected as cultural heritage of great importance.

Connections
Featured in Zabranjeni bez zabrane (2007)

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8/10

Has No Mercy

This is a dark and unsympathetic film about a man that's trapped in this miserable life without any chance to make any meaningful changes. He has quite a few secrets about his past and he is mercilessly haunted by them. He has absolutely no idea how to make his life bearable...

But it's not the main protagonist that we watch. It's the general atmosphere and the ultimate bleakness of the circumstances that surround him. We see the world of terrible poverty, police state paranoia, and the gradual spiritual and moral death of the people in that kind of surrounding. Still, this is a movie that's made in the mid-60's so we can see some things that were banned at the time (and before): political issues in the communist Yugoslavia (pro-Russian Stalinist political prisoners and activists), homosexuals, hookers, alcoholism, crime ...

This year (uh, 2008) movie finally appeared on DVD, I'm not sure but I think it was banned until 90's and then it was shown on TV just a few times, so when I saw the DVD I bought it instantly. But it's still a poor quality in both sound and video aspect. But still it's highly recommended as a important film in the Serbian cinema history.

Film 9/10 DVD 7/10 8/10

Buđenje pacova English translation : The Rats Woke Up Year 1967 Awards: Best Director in Pula, Silver Bear for Directing in Berlin