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Burnout

2022 · 28 min

A slow, suffocating day of small humiliations and mounting pressure, like watching someone hold their breath until they snap.

Directed by
Nemanja Mladenović
Genres
Drama
Starring
Vladimir Gvojić, Branko Perišić, Nikola Pavlović
Overview
Exhausted from low-paid jobs, and following the breakup with his long-term girlfriend; frustrated Nikola believes his only escape is leaving the country. The story is set in one single day, in which he goes to an old friend from whom he buys a fake European Union passport. Throughout the day Nikola encounters several unpleasant situations that give us the impression that he's about to explode at any moment.

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Directed by
Nemanja Mladenović
Genres
Drama
Starring
Vladimir Gvojić, Branko Perišić, Nikola Pavlović
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • class
  • freedom
  • grief
  • work
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Nemanja Mladenović
Written by
Nemanja Mladenović
Starring
Vladimir Gvojić, Branko Perišić, Nikola Pavlović, Maja Kolundžija, Nenad Gvozdenović, Dobrila Stojnić, Ivana Živković, Ognjen Damjanović
Runtime
28 min
Country
Serbia
Languages
Serbian

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