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History & Current Affairs, Society & Human Interest

Keywords:
Human interest, Personal Viewpoint


Producer(s): LES FILMS DU BALIBARI

Coproducer(s)/co-financing:
MAINFRAME, Serbian Film Fund

Music: Dejan PEJOVIC

Length:  1x83

Format:  One-off

Original version: Serbian

Versions available: English: subtitle / French: subtitle

Nationality: France

Year: 2010

Rights: world excluding former Yugoslavia

Support(s):  SD – Digital 16/9

Program available
by ADAV

VILLAGE WITHOUT WOMEN

Director(s): Srdjan SARENAC – Writer(s): Srdjan SARENAC   Contact Contact   Download Print page

There are only eight inhabitants left in the Serbian village of Zabrdje, all of them men, and all of them single.
Brothers Zoran, Rado and Dragan live together in a house covered in pictures of models cut from men's magazines. They do their daily chores, raise sheep, and have never heard of the internet. The absence of women is extremely hard for the three to bear.
Only Zoran actively tries to find a bride, though he has no luck in Serbia. In nearby Albania, there are more women than men, so he travels there with the aim of finding the most attractive woman he can.
Srdjan Sarenac's documentary shows how lives can be affected by the cultural and religious differences between different ethnic groups. Deciding to find a partner in another country is far from simple. Furthermore, life in a small village in the mountains where the houses have earth floors and no bathrooms is hardly appealing to most contemporary women. How can a villager living far from civilisation and primarily seeking a housekeeper find a bride? Are such villages doomed to die out?

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Festivals and Awards:
* 2011: Documenta, 2nd Prize – Madrid
* 2011: People’s Choice award Estonia
* 2011: Audience Award Liburnia Film Festival Croatia
* 12th Mediterran Film Festival - Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia ; Best Bosnian Film "Ivica Matic" - Sarajevo film festival ; Best Director -Bir Duino–Kyrgyzistan–Best of Input 2011, Best Documentary European section ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL-Roumanie 2011 ; Best Documentary Scenecs 2011 ; Audience Award -Gdansk Doc Film Festival 2012-Pologne ; 3rd Jury Prize Festival Caméras des Champs 2012.

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