Audiences in Serbia have been waiting for many years for a film or series that will awaken Serbian cinema from the deep sleep in which it has sunk, a long time ago.
This deep dream has its own metaphorical meaning. The metaphor in that case contains several factors that have characterized most Serbian films or series for decades: consistency in the form of something that has already been seen or screened outside Serbia, low budget available for almost every filming of a screened work, quite boring war or the tragic theme of the scenario, which in most cases is characterized like underused and perhaps the most important factor - turning to the domestic or Balkan audience instead of placing something ,,domestic,, in the world. That deep dream had occasional occasions in which it could be interrupted. These opportunities are reflected in several films made by Serbian cinematography, but they were only short-lived opportunities instead of an opportunity for a film revolution strong enough for Serbian cinema to enter the world market.
Montevideo, Bog te video made a strong enough explosion that finally woke up Serbian cinematography. Although Serbia has a lot of good and quality directors, it is interesting that this film was directed by the most inexperienced of them - one of the most famous and best actors in Serbia, Dragan Bjelogrlic. With this state in mind, the balance in achieving justice on both sides of the ,,problem,, of Serbian film making was made. Cinematography and the audience got a film strong enough to satisfy both sides and determine a completely new direction in which the future of Serbian cinematography will take place. Although he was the most inexperienced of Serbia, Dragan Bjelogrlic became a new and desirable name in the world of directing and the audience in Serbia desperately wanted his work to continue, because regardless of all the factors that make up the metaphor of a ,,deep sleep,, It has long been known that Serbian cinema has one of the greatest potentials in the world. This is in line with the mentality, ideas and vision of the people of the Balkans.
Montevideo, Bog te video, had a record number of premieres and is being repeated several times today during the year. This trend continued even after its sequel was filmed - Montevideo, God bless you.
The film was shot according to a true event, and until the moment the film was made, that event was argued among the people as an exciting, folk, legend. The fact that such a ,,legend,, has become one of the most successful films in Serbia is exactly what I meant when I talked about the potential of people from the Balkans. They are, really powerful people in many ways.
The plot of the film is maximally used and contains a perfect balance between the development of the characters and the development of events that are spiced with a happier age of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in which culture and sport were one. Being an athlete at that time was just as important as being a banker, a lawyer, a clerk. Even then, there were political problems in the area, but this people finally showed how secondary these problems were to the people who developed the image and glory of Yugoslavia where no politics had existed before. Apart from the beautiful depictions of the former, royal Belgrade and its inhabitants at the time, what makes this film special is that on one big world screen the mentality of the Serbian and Yugoslav people is presented in the way it really is. A mentality that has its own slogan - I love my country and the people in it. The amount of emotion shown in the film is so strong that a lot of the audience, along with the actors themselves, cried at the premiere of the film. The music of the film was accompanied by that fact and the song ,,Pukni zoro,, which is the theme of the film, became one of the most popular and most beautiful Serbian songs and you can still hear it at celebrations and in Serbian taverns.
The film is about a small country in the Balkans, which was bigger than today. A country that pays a lot of attention to politics, the army, a rich class of people, and in fact a country that is best run by athletes and ordinary people. The plot of the film gives an opportunity for a foreigner who watches the film to get acquainted with the way of life in Belgrade at the time, but also with the kindness and somewhat naive sincerity of its inhabitants, who are the main actors of the film - football players of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Although young and inexperienced, they begin their story of friendship, local tricks, falling in love, and learning the true values of life. They are taught all this by people who no one would say are capable of. And as that story gets the contours of a real team, that team gets the strength to change the conservative and frequent habits of statesmen, the wealthier population, and the media.
The plot gained its expansion when the King decided to place his trust in such an ,,unusual,, team to travel to Uruguay for the first World Cup, and then there was an opportunity for the Serbian population to get to know the world in this way. Interesting supporting roles accompany this film, among which are love, family stories and the fight against injustice, which can be comprehensively called life. The struggle of the average Serb or a man with a Balkan mentality with himself and then with the world begins when this team decides to board a ship and go so far from their country and family just because they love that same country and family. What is happening on the way there and in Uruguay is the plot of the second part of this movie. The quality of the film itself is reflected in parallel with what is the point of the film itself. In the frequency of one country, a team of people (a football team in the film) appears and creates a film that the country has not had the opportunity to see so far (in the film going to the World Cup in Uruguay) not knowing if and how the film will be accepted. knowing where Uruguay is). The team of these people who made this film not only made a great and world-worthy film, but also gave birth to a new quality class of young actors who became favorite actors of almost all directors in Serbia (in the film, the Yugoslav national team that ,,won,, World Cup).
I want you to feel the emotion of every Serb while watching this film. I want you to cry when you feel the need and to laugh at us, ,,crazy Serbs,, when you understand why we are ,,crazy,,. With this film, it is finally screened and available to you around the world.
Greetings from Serbia and watch the second part of the movie.
My final rate is 9.
