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On the Beautiful Blue DanubeDirected by Darko Bajic, 2008 By Rada Djurica Darko Bajic is a Serbian TV director, and his film, On
the Beautiful Blue Danube, the first Serbian film shot in English
and German, is a poetic and tragic drama that addresses the global issue
of political transition. The film is set on a big, floating whorehouse
on the Danube River and explores the relationship between prostitutes
and professional dancers from Eastern Europe, as they deal with customers'
needs. This little "Babylon Tower" story begins at dusk and
culminates at dawn. Originally, it was done as a theatre play. One of the novelties of this film is a pretty impressive performance by Australian actor Michael Piccirilli, known for his role as an unsettling psychopathic narcissist, the dark angel Asmodeus, in the Australian gothic horror film Gabriel directed by Shane Abbess in 2007. Michael held his own with the non-English actors, which might have been challenge for a Hollywood actor from L.A.
Belgrade International Film Festival 2008
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