Section: Spotlight: Montenegro

POSLJEDNJE POGLAVLJE

THE ASCENT

Nemanja Bečanović
Montenegro, 2011, 92 Min

A writer is seeking the solitude of the mountains. He meets a family of farmers there, who wants nothing to do with the rest of the world and regards him with suspicion. A subtle drama full of subliminal tension and suppressed violence, with the impressive winter mountain scenery becoming its own protagonist. 

Jovan has turned his back on the city because he is suffering from a profound writer's block and hopes to find the longed-for peace in rural isolation so that he can finish his first novel. A girlfriend has organised a room for him in a sparse wooden house. It lies in a secluded and barren part of the mountains, in the middle of a crumbling settlement. But he is not really alone. A small family of farmers is also living in the house: a father, his son and his two daughters. Four adults who don't want to have any contact with the outside world and can neither read nor write. Zeko, the father, rules his family with an iron fist and initially treats the city dweller Jovan, the stranger, politely, but the facade begins to crumble. One day, they give Jovan a book, the Bible, as a present. He reads them the Passion of Christ from the Gospel according to St. John – sealing his subsequent fate. WMH

Drehbuch
Aleksandar Bečanović, Nemanja Bečanović
Kamera
Jure Verovsek
Ton
Aleksandar Protić
Schnitt
Nemanja Bečanović, Svetlana Dramlic
Ausstattung
Stanislav Nikicevic
Musik
MetaSound
Darsteller
Varja Djukic, Dejan Ivanic, Vlado Jovanovski, Amar Selimovic, Inti Sraj, Ana Vuckovic
Produzent
Ivan Đurović, Sehad Čehić, Janez Ković
Produktion
Artikulacija Film
Kontakt
Artikulacija Film
Gavra Vukovića 1/21, 81 000 Podgorica Montenegro

+382 20 227 282
+382 68 240 440
+382 67 362 462
info@artikulacija.co.me
Nemanja Bečanović

Nemanja Bečanović - – born in 1977 in Bar, today Montenegro. He studied film and television directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Cetinje. Since then he has worked in many areas of film: as editor, composer, producer, director, for television and independent productions. He also publishes articles, teaches at the University of Donja Gorica and works for the archive at the Montenegrin Cinematheque.