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Back Up

2024 · 109 min

A slow-burn psychological thriller that blurs illness and reality, leaving you unsettled and tense as you piece together what is real.

Directed by: Faruk Sokolović
Genres: Thriller
Starring: Belma Salkunić, Faruk Sokolović, Dragan Bjelogrlić

Overview: A man, old, decrepit, terrified, in a house with his friend Goran. Outside he wanders aimlessly, seeing enemies in both neighbours and foreigners. Ena, a journalist, arrives in the village, to film a story on heritage guardians. Through her camera lens she discovers a strange Man, secretly watching. His „hiding place“ has been exposed. Ilness and reality clash. In the house a threat appears, a wartime lover, with the message that the devil has come to collect his due. A stormy night and fateful encounters. To run or to fight and face it all? And return?

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Directed by: Faruk Sokolović
Genres: Thriller
Starring: Belma Salkunić, Faruk Sokolović, Dragan Bjelogrlić

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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
parenthood
guilt
memory
survival
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	4
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: thriller
Directed by: Faruk Sokolović
Written by: Faruk Sokolović
Starring: Belma Salkunić, Faruk Sokolović, Dragan Bjelogrlić, Rijad Gvozden, Bojana Gregorić Vejzović, Jasna Diklić, Josip Stapić, Lejla Alagic
Runtime: 109 min
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
Languages: Bosnian

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