The Parade ( Parada )

The Parade (DVD) (*)

$25.99

Original Title: Parada
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Serbian ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
110 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Croatia ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
France ( France, Benelux )
Macedonia ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
Serbia and Montenegro ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
Slovenia ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Srdjan Dragojevic

Written By:
Srdjan Dragojevic

Actors:
Nikola Kojo ..... Limun
Milos Samolov ..... Radmilo
Hristina Popovic ..... Biserka
Goran Jevtic ..... Mirko
Goran Navojec ..... Roko
Dejan Acimovic ..... Halil
Toni Mihajlovski ..... Azem
Natasa Markovic ..... Lenka
Mladen Andrejevic ..... Djordje
Relja Popovic ..... Vuk
Radoslav Milenkovic ..... Kecman
Mira Stupica ..... Baka Olga
Marko Nikolic ..... Bogdan
Anita Mancic ..... Tamara
Branimir Popovic ..... Zvonce

Synopsis:

Srdjan Dragojevic's THE PARADE takes a comedic look at Serbia through the lens of one group's fight to hold a Gay Pride parade in Belgrade. When a bulldog is shot, an improbable alliance develops between two very different men. We meet Pearl and Limun (Nikola Kojo), a couple about to be married, and Mirko and Radmilo (Milos Samolov), a couple involved in the Gay Pride parade. Mirko happens to be Pearl's wedding planner and Radmilo, his partner, turns out to be the veterinarian who saved Limun's dog's life. Following a lover's tiff, Limun - who is less than accepting of Gay Pride - makes a deal to protect the participants in the parade in order to win Pearl back. Limun and Radmilo embark on a road trip across Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo as Limun attempts to assemble a fearsome security team for the parade. As they gather Limun's old friends from the war, it becomes clear to all that so-called enemies are often your greatest allies.

A homophobic, middle-aged, Serbian gangster ends up sacrificing himself to protect Gay freedom in his country. RADMILO (35) and MIRKO (30) are young and successful gay couple, and they would be a happy couple anywhere else except in - Serbia. They try to live discreetly but still, every day they are abused by the homophobic majority. Plus, Mirko is a gay rights activist, and his dream is to organize the first successful PRIDE event in Belgrade. This is almost a 'mission impossible'; in 2001, an attempt to hold PRIDE in Belgrade ended up in bloodshed. One decade later, the situation is not much better - nationalist and neo-Nazi organizations prepare another massacre in case of holding the gay parade, while the police refuse to provide protection for the participants. A strange couple arrives in Radmilo's and Mirko's life - LEMON (45) an ex criminal and war veteran, the owner of a small security company and his fiance - PEARL (30) a beauty parlor owner. Radmilo, a successful veterinarian, performs a life-saving operation Lemon's pit-bull terrier, the victim of a drive-by shooting that served as a warning to the dog's master. Mirko runs an agency that organizes sophisticated weddings and now he has the ultimate nightmare clients - Pearl and Lemon. The encounter between these two worlds ends in disaster - yet another humiliation for Radmilo and Mirko. Mirko had enough - not long ago he received Immigrant Visa from Canada and wants to leave the country forever. Radmilo is ready for a desperate measures to keep his partner and their relationship - He offers a deal to Lemon, asking that Lemon's agency provide protection for the Belgrade Pride. In return, Mirko will organize the wedding party for Pearl and Lemon. Lemon reluctantly accepts, but his staff refuses to protect homosexuals. Put in a tight spot, Lemon thinks of his 'dear' enemies from the ex-Yu wars. LEMON and RADMILO embark on a recruiting trip all over ex-Yugoslavia. They manage to sign up for their mission: NIKO (45) a Croat war veteran, HALIL (40), a Bosnian Muslim, and AZEM (45), an Albanian from Kosovo. But the handful of 'samurai' are yet to face their greatest challenge... THE PARADE, in a tragicomic way, tells the story about ongoing battle between two worlds in contemporary post-war Serbian society - the traditional, oppressive, homophobic majority and a liberal, modern and open-minded minority.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 14 October, 2013.

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