The Bootmen

A slow, sorrowful plunge into a man's memory, where personal ruin mirrors a nation's quiet decay.

Created by

Dejan Zečević

Genres

Drama

Starring

Aleksandar Berček, Miloš Timotijević, Nebojša Milovanović

Overview

A powerful lyrical story about the sergeant of the former Yugoslav Army Zika Kurjak, from childhood in miners' home, through military days, to severe depression, imprisonment and the metropolitan madness. Kurjak, the personification of human kindness, who is impaired and disturbed, as an old and ornate in the hospital, speaks in detail about his life. Through this searing story of sergeant Zika Kurjak and his life, some of the crucial historical circumstances of the 20th century are being blunted, as well as the fate of the heroic Serbian army, which becomes part of the new system after unification, and which the system is gently destroying leaving individuals individually fighting for it and prevent inevitable decay.

How it feels

Melancholic, bleak, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Memory, grief, isolation, war

Content

Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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