Travelator

Dušan Milić
SRB 2014

»Nikola Rakocevic is hypnotic in the almost dialogue-free role, conveying a wild magnetism of his eyes as reality slips away in favour of the frenetic online realm of 'shoot 'em up' violence.«

Wild Rooster

 

»Blade Runner« meets »Taxi Driver« in Dušan Milić breathtaking film about 19-year-old Slav, who lives with his mother as one of the few remaining inhabitants in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Belgrade. The only escape from the desolate reality is playing ego-shooter games with his friends. Slav’s virtuosity in the art of virtual killing puts him on the radar of the Serbian Mob. They hire him to eliminate a Serbian war profiteer who is hiding away in Las Vegas and is guarded by a witness protection programme. Writer-director Dušan Milić brilliantly turns a seemingly simple story into a daring and captivating film, taking audiences along with its main character on a trip that oscillates between the tough reality of a Serbian refugee camp and the hyper-reality of a dreamlike Las Vegas. Rarely has the dissolution of reality been brought to screen more visionary and visually intoxicating. And not since De Niro’s Travis Bickle has a screen character moved in such an inevitable way towards redemption like Racojevic as Slav. A film to remember.

Producer
Dušan Milić , Snezana Penev
Cinematographer
Petar Popović
Editor
Milena Predić, Lazar Predojev
Screenwriter
Dušan Milić
Cast
Nikola Rakocevic, Boris Isakovic, Khetanya Henderson
Runtime/Version
97 min, OmeU
Dusan Milic

Dušan Milić

His first feature, »Jagoda in the Supermarket«, was produced by Emir Kusterica, premiered at the Berlinale and won Best Film in Athens. His 2nd feature, »Guca!« won the Audience Award at Sofia FF and an EFA nomination. Premiering in Montreal, »Travelator« won the Innovation Award, breaking rules – and new ground.