Set in first days of truce of Bosnian war, movie follows group of Bosnian Serbs Army who encounter a strange man locked behind the wall in abandoned factory. Soon after they release him, a member of Bosnian army informs them that they made a terrible mistake and that they set Satan himself free. Soon after, problems and conflicts between them start to arise.
Set in winter, with its black and white photography, slow pace film successfully creates a true thriller movie atmosphere.
Strongest part of the movie is story and directing. While being interesting, captivating, tense and symbolic, film explores human nature among the people in state of war, conflict, fear and desire to be safe in the never ending debate: What is source of evil deeds: A human nature or gods and demons?
Acting is generally good, with three main actors portraying Cole (Aleksandar Stojkovic), Caki (Vuk Kostic) and Daba (Tihomir Stanic) being the best ones. Their portrayal made their characters really layered and well rounded. However, some other characters have moments when they appear a bit sloppy, sometime it's a fault of an actor and sometime it's a fault of weaker script. Even though a story is really good, script is weakest point of the film, especially dialogues which sometime come out as forced and artificial. But dialogues are weakest points of many other Balkan movies.
In conclusion: I recommend this film to everyone who likes to watch tense and thriller movie with such interesting themes like human nature and their beliefs.
