Marble Ass
Merlin, a transvestite, and Sanela, a prostitute, share a home in the suburbs of Belgrade. Dzoni, who has returned from fighting on the Bosnian front gets to know them. A bit of sex is what he needs to overcome political violence and macho aggression.
Žilnik counters the homophobia and transphobia of Balkan societies which came to light years after the fall of the Berlin Wall with an early and anarchistic stand in what is still, to this day, one of the most extraordinary films to emerge from the entire region.
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Runtime
87 min -
Country
Yugoslavia -
Year of Presentation
1995 -
Year of Production
1995 -
Director
Zelimir Zilnik -
Cast
Milja Milenkovic, Vjeran Miladinovic, Nenad Milenkovic, Nenad Rackovic -
Production Company
B92 -
Berlinale Section
Panorama -
Berlinale Category
Feature Film -
Teddy Award Winner
Best Feature Film
Biography Zelimir Zilnik
Zelimir Zilnik was born on September 8, 1942 in Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for Rani Radovi (1969), Dupe od mramora (1995) and Destinacija_Serbistan (2015).
Filmography Zelimir Zilnik
2009 Stara skola kapitalizma | 2013 Pirika na filmu | 2015 Destinacija_Serbistan