Balkan is a place of prejudice, intolerance
and hatred since the dawn of the time and it will continue to be just that for
many decades to come. Hence, most of the dramas originating from southeastern
Europe tend to drown in the overall sense of helplessness and futility of the grim
reality.
Rajko Grlic offers something a little
bit different, mixing the heavy drama layout of a Croat fascist offspring
homosexual being beaten in his own town with some brutal dark humor of the forced
relationship with his Serbian neighbors. Although very painful to watch if you
are born in Serbia and Croatia, the script will make you laugh, think and
process the dark subjets it ruthelessly tackles. Much of that will be made
possible via magnificent role of Nebojsa Glogovac and his ability to swap
identities in a blink of an eye. Symbolism will be very strong throughout the
entire course of the movie, one of the strongest in decades from the entire
cinematographic region.
However, the sheer amount of provocations will
engulf the storyline from time to time, diminishing their effect to some
extent. Also, the main parallel with the theory of the Croatian constitution
will be just too artificial if you are a Balkan born.
„The Constitution” is one of the rare cinematographic
examples that deserves a „roaming” to the European public.
FOTO: vecernji.hr
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