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Emir Kusturica's Underground

The Film From A Forgotten Country

Screams, gunshots, betrayal, and a monkey driving a tank. This is Underground, one of the last films from a country that no longer exists - Yugoslavia. 

Being a diehard fan of magical realism, Underground must be my favourite piece of work from the genre, if not my favourite work of all time.

However, it hadn't been on my mind for a long time.

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It was only when I finished the book “The House of the Spirits” by I. Allende recently that I sensed something similar... deep within.

The movie follows the story of three ‘wars’ that changed Yugoslavia forever; World War II, the Cold War and the Yugoslavian Civil War.

Each act as a backdrop to the unique story of two brothers, Marko and Blacky. Two men who are connected by politics, power and sex. They had different motives, one sought power and the other, justice. Blacky becomes driven blind by trust and eventually loses himself in the world