The Wounds (1998)

Original title

Ране

Directed by

Srđan Dragojević

Genre

drama film, teen film, coming-of-age film

Country

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbia

Runtime

1h 43m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two teenage boys in 1990s Belgrade try to rise through the local crime world as the Yugoslav Wars fuel violence and ethnic hatred. The film traces their brutal journey from petty theft to serious crime.

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What happens

The Wounds (Serbian: Ране, romanized: Rane) is a 1998 Serbian drama film written and directed by Srđan Dragojević. It depicts the violent lives of two boys in Belgrade as they aspire to make names for themselves in the city's underworld. The story takes place throughout the 1990s, against the backdrop of Yugoslav Wars and growing ethnic hatred. The film won a Bronze Horse at the Stockholm International Film Festival and a FIPRESCI Prize at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, "For its powerful, dramatic depiction of the brutal reality and complexity of life in the Balkans today." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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