Completed - SERBIAN, ENGLISH - Black comedy - 100 minutes
In attempt to save his dying Serbian hometown, Marko, optimistic dreamer, decides to build a monument to Michael Jackson. His unusual idea attracts devoted supporters and threatening enemies alike.
Year of production : 2013 Director(s) : Darko LUNGULOV Writer(s) : Darko LUNGULOV Cast : Boris MILIVOJEVIC, Dragan BJELOGRLIC, Mirjana KARANOVIC Producer(s) : Snezana PENEV, Darko LUNGULOV
In a dying town in Serbia, an old communist-era monument is removed from the Square. Marko, daydreamer, is on the verge of divorce from the love of his life, Ljubinka. She is disappointed in him and the life in Serbian small-town. Out of despair, he comes up with the idea to replace the communist-era statue with a monument to Michael Jackson in order to save his dying town and seduce his wife again. Marko convinces his close friends to help him. But the town’s mayor has his own plans and uses right-wing group “Clean Serbia” to crash Marko’s dream. Desperate, Marko falsifies Michael Jackson’s letter and convinces the mayor and everybody else that Jackson will come to the monument’s unveiling. The town is now revitalized and its citizens full of hope while Marko regains the love of his wife. But on the big day, Marko is disguised as Michael Jackson and waves to the crowd from the helicopter, the death of real Michael Jackson’s is announced without him knowing. The group “Clean Serbia” creates the chaos. The insane turn of events unexpectedly leads to the fulfillment of Marko’s plan, but in an absurd and darkly ironic fashion.
Country(ies) : SERBIA, GERMANY, NORTH MACEDONIA, FRANCE Financing plan : Penrose Film, Berlin, Germany Dream factory/Aka film, Skopje, Macedonia La vie est belle films, France Ministry of culture Republic of Serbia Macedonian film fund City of Belgrade film fund Province of Vojvodina film fund Media SEE Cinema Network Start of shooting : September 2012
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