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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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