Dragan Zarić

During the war in Bosnia, two childhood friends eventually become enemies, as the tragic and devastating circumstances of the war put them on the opposite sides and expose the most gruesome and cruel aspects of the human nature.

For the young man who lives in Serbian province town, the maturing coincides with the turbulent political events of the year 1968.

Sveto Mesto is based on a literary classic, Nikolai Gogol's 1835 short story, 'Viy'.

The young man, originally a Jew, is deeply burdened by the consequences of war, in which he had lost his loved ones. He is considering himself mandatory to take revenge to former commander of the concentration camp where his famil...