Underplayed Gems

The Border Post (2006)

The Border Post poster
Original title
Karaula
Directed by
Rajko Grlić
Genre
action film, comedy drama
Country
Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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.

More films like thisWatch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

Set at a remote Yugoslav border post, the film follows a group of soldiers as they deal with daily boredom, petty rivalries, and a looming war. A new commander shakes things up, causing tensions to rise among the men.

funnywrynostalgiclightheartedbittersweetslow-burn

What happens

The Border Post (Serbo-Croatian: Karaula / Караула) is a 2006 comedy-drama produced in international cooperation between the countries of former Yugoslavia and directed by Rajko Grlić. It is based on Ante Tomić's novel Ništa nas ne smije iznenaditi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.