A hiccup that outlasted her husband — and the trial's even more unhinged.
A woman is in front of a tribunal and pleads about her case, but her assigned defendant lawyer hasn't showed up. She is also hiccupping since her husband died in a war. The trial gets more absurd as new characters come into play.
Acting
Damjanović's hiccuping grief is devastating and ridiculous.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes Kafka against bureaucracy.
Director
Miloš Ajdinović
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Emerges from Serbian post-Yugoslav cinema tradition where absurdity processes collective war trauma.
The 39-minute runtime was reportedly a practical constraint that Ajdinović turned into disciplined formal experimentation.
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