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Unplugged

Mladen Kovacevic
Serbia, 2013, 52 min.

In Serbian with English subtitles.
This film is family friendly.

Best Film Award at BELDOCS IDFF Nominated at: Visions du Réel, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, BelDocs IFF, FIDMarseille, Sarajevo FF, DOKUFEST, LET'S CEE, RAINDANCE, Ânûû-rû Âboro - New Caledonia, EBS IDF - Seoul, “Listapad†Minsk IFF, Leeds FF, TriesteFF, Jaipur IFF, Vilnius IFF

Vera, a private detective retired to the village where she grew up as shepherdess, and Pera, the know-it-all peasant of many esoteric skills, are the last remaining leaf-players - both in the autumns of their lives, still strongly blowing into leaves. Josip is an amateur inventor set out to decode the obscure artistry of leaf-playing. “Unplugged” is an existential allegory about music played on tree leaves, humorously rattling between the most primitive of instruments and the most universal escapism of music. Music has rarely been so offbeat.

Category: Documentary.
Themes: World Cinema, Music, Environment.

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