Vecernja zvona

Zafranovič, of course, did not change his directorial style compared to the previous two parts of the loose trilogy about Yugoslavia tormented by the madness of World War II. The final part only differs in that it has a larger scope - instead of focusing on one sensitive point in history and specific events, we witness the transformations of the country's social atmosphere through the lives of one person and his loved ones. The main protagonist organizes resistance against the occupiers, intimately experiences the comfort of a German concentration camp, and after the war, the sensitivity of political engagement during the Stalinist era and Tito's cult of personality. For its time, it is a rather open testimony - at least compared to the rest of the socialist camp. If you want to capture a quarter of a century in the history of such a complicated country, you cannot avoid some simplification and flattening of certain characters that deserve more space. However, I have no problem giving it four stars and an 80% satisfaction rate. From a single scene where two Ustasha members return from hunting Jews, one realizes the horror of genocide and the reason why the modern history of the Yugoslav territory is soaked in blood. (14.11.2013)