Section: Spotlight: Montenegro

ISPOD MOSTA, MEĐU STIJENAMA

LOWDOWN

Pavle Simonović
Montenegro, 2016, 80 Min

It is already the second murder to occur within the mafia milieu in Podgorica. Superintendent Salo is not satisfied with the pace of the investigation and suspects that there is much more to the murders than meets the eye. His colleagues however remain unmoved. Suspecting the involvement of a leading mafia boss, he soon finds himself under pressure in this Montenegrin work of film noir completed with psycho thriller elements.

In the centre of Montenegro's capital Podgorica, a body is found under the bridge over the river Moraca. It quickly becomes clear that the victim was a well-known member of the local mafia: Petar, the man for the dirty work, was brutally tortured before his death. Inspector Salo is overworked and on edge after the failure of his marriage. He sleeps badly and gets into fits of rage, as occurs at the crime scene when he tears the camera away from a TV crew. He wants to talk to Maks, a leading mafia boss, and yet his superiors aren't convinced. The following morning he receives a strange phone call from a loan provider inviting him to talk about his arrears. Salo hasn't taken out a loan however, at which point things start to unravel. His daughter disappears, and he is to commit a murder. And what does Ratimir, his colleague and friend, have to do with all this? Enthrallingly what starts out as a murder mystery evolves into a psychological thriller which heads towards a dramatic conclusion in twists and turns that fluctuate between delusion and reality. WMH

Drehbuch
Stefan Bošković, Sehad Čekić
Kamera
Dušan Grubin
Ton
Luka Barajevic
Schnitt
Hrvoje Mrsic
Ausstattung
Djordjije Kalezic
Musik
Beta Baroque
Darsteller
Miloš Pejović, Stefan Bošković, Jelena Đokić, Marko Baćović, Branimir Popović, Mišo Obradović, Dejan Ivanić, Ana Vučković, Radmila Škuletić
Produzent
Sehad Čekić
Produktion
Cut-Up
Kontakt
Cut-Up
Ul. Hercegovačka 94, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
T: +382 20 240 553
info@cut-up.me
Pavle Simonović

Pavle Simonović - born in 1987 in Podgorica, today Montenegro. Since studying directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Cetinje, he has made various short films, documentaries and commercials. He has worked as an assistant director on many productions, including THE ASCENT by Nemanja Bečanović. LOWDOWN is Simonović’s feature film debut.