All language subtitles for Made in Serbia (2005)

MADE IN SERBIA

Sena was gone from my life.

First I was her bodyguard,
then her boyfriend.

She was my stripper.

She went to Hungary, made a
porno film, and was a success.

I tried to get my degree in
dramaturgy and get on in life

. and I tried to forget her.

I came across her film by chance.

Porn films became my obsession.
I stayed up nights.

I only watched foreign films. I
couldn't stand to watch even

five minutes of the domestic
films. She only played in

foreign ones.

I became a pornophile,
and soon after,

a porn expert.

I started researching the
origins of local pornography,

carefully avoiding the newest
domestic productions.

I found out that Kosta
Novakovic, a pioneer of Serbian

filmmaking, had made
the first erotic film called

"The Sinless Sinner". For that
time, it was like making a

porno film. At the beginning of
the 20th century, porno films

were shown in Belgrade
Branislav Nusic wrote about that,

criticizing the hypocrisy of
the Serbian elite,

calling them
"Parisian nights" because

only French films were shown.

Hotel Union was the central place.

Kosovska street has
always been a place

where one could see a good film.

I found out that in 1 898
the Paris police

threw 1 4 tones of porno
films in the river Sena.

My theory is that the language
of film was born under the

patronage, and in the
service of pornography.

The close-up is definitely the
invention of pornographers.

The first films were not films
by the Lumiere brothers,

but unknown films
made for private collections.

How can you expect me
to watch that?

That is our reality.

I must defend the locals. First
of all, there's the funding.

Secondly, one must find actors.
Many girls say they just can't,

they would do it, but not if
their parents, friends saw them

This is hard to manage. In my
opinion, Mr. Stankovic does

a decent job, but I'm sure he
does it with much less money

than, say, Vince Voyeur or
Anabolic, etc.

Girls don't want to be on film.
They would do it, if their

fathers and brothers
didn't see the films.

But why? That's prejudiced.

Look at Hungarian women. There
are thousands of them doing it.

And you? Have you seen any
domestic porno films? No?

Yes, two or three. But I've
given it up completely.

What was it you didn't
like in them, exactly?

Oh, the main character in one
of them was a fly. It kept

Ianding on the pillow, on the
sheet, that waved it away.

That was one. Then there
was another bad one.

There's no light, man.
And the frames are lousy.

The attacks on domestic
porno films intrigued me.,l admit.

After all my refusals,
I finally decided to see what it

Was all about. Luckily, I came
across a rare copy of the film
"VESNA".

It was an indescribable experience.

"THE FlRST YUGOSLAV PORNO
FlLM"
- "Vesna"

Where were my eyes, where was l
looking, where have you been.

Hey girl, in the mini-skirt,
I'll be waiting down the street

for you to come, on your own,
don't bring you boyfriend.

Vesna, what is it?
What happened?

The domestic production was of
such a size, that I saw all the

films in one night.

Besides the imaginative titles
and brilliantly-idiotic lines

and plots, little else
is worth mentioning.

An almost suicidal thought took
over my mind.

If I manage to make
the first quality porno film,

I could rule the local porno-
market, which isn't negligible.

I'll make good film
and take it abroad.

I will suggest to Sena
That she play for me.

Then I'll be close
to Sena again.

I realized it would be good to
get to know the foreign and

Iocal productions before l
started such an assignment.

I gathered the crew.
- Guys, I've been thinking.

How about doing a documentary
film on domestic pornography?

The crew was organized. The
first person I had to look up

was the famous Slobodan
Stankovic, the only domestic

porno magnate, the editor of
"Striptease" magazine,

author of the majority of
domestic porno films.

Hello.
- Hello.

With whom does the devil
have the pleasure?

With Slavica Veselinovic
from Bajmok.

Slavica, how is it in Bajmok?
Is Bajmok a conservative

or emancipated little town?
-It's an old-fashioned village.

But that didn't stop you from
getting in front of the camera?

No, I was honored to stand
before such a nice camera.

He has a monopoly on
all actors and actresses.

He acts like they are his
personal property.

He was my only ticket
into that world.

How did you get started
in this business?

It's interesting, and even
slightly boring for me,

that everybody calls, wanting
to talk about that genre,

about the filming of porno and
erotic films. For 1 7 years,

I have been filming everything
that interests and inspires me

as a filmmaker: rock concerts,
political events, fashion shows

and nature. For the past two
years, my favorite model has

been my two year old son
Aleksa. I have some 25.000

photos and plenty of films. I
like to shoot children because

they are natural. They do not
pretend in front of the camera.

But human curiosity is focused
on sex, which I think is

normal. Here I am, talking
about sex for the millionth

time, instead of about rock
concerts and political events.

A great wish of mine is to go
to Japan and shoot Zen

monasteries. When I mention
that, nobody asks me further

about it, they say - let's get
back to the subject of sex.

Ok, let's get back to the
subject of sex.

PORNO GUERlLLA

Let me explain what we'll be
shooting today. The idea is:

a kind of porno-guerilla
traveling through Serbia,

fighting conservative people,
braking sexual taboos.

We hope for success in
our sexual revolution.

It will spread through the
woods and towns of Serbia.

Our revolution will use all
means to reach its goal.

As revolutionaries say, the
goal justifies the means.

It all may seem like a joke,
but I hope the effects will be

very useful to society.
Are you ready?

So began my long friendship
with the members of Stankovic's

porno-guerilla. I entered a
world that had always been

nearby, but I hadn't noticed
it. Not all the guerrilla were

available. For instance, Mila
refused to cooperate because

she concealed from her brother
what she did for a living.

Those who accepted were more-
or-less open. There were,

of course, difficulties. Their
common excuse for withholding

information was
their environment.

In any case, I decided
to get to know them.

I thought I could use some
of them in my film debut.

That's right. Not behind,
to the side. Like that.

Dino was the first member of
porno-guerilla I got to know.

He was one of the few who were
clear about who they were and

what they did. Like a true
professional,

he worked on improving
himself every day.

Dino

But, that is where his troubles
began. His family would not

accept it. Dino was seriously
considering moving out.

Ivan, listen. I've decided
today is my last day.

I'm quitting.
- Why?

I've been working both as a
porno actor and a barman,

and I've decided to focus on
the porno business.

What will you do?
- I have to.

It was nice working with you.
- Me too, but the business

calls me.
-So long, and good luck to you.

WHO THE FUCK GOES?

The fucking 65-bus runs once in
a hundred years, and I'm in a

hurry. I'll have to hitchhike.

Can you give me a lift?

A lift? Screw you, walking is
good for you.

Hey stop, give him a lift!
Go back.

- Drive, buddy.

What a great gang!

- The hitchhiker sure can fuck!

Hey hitchhikers, I leave you
alone for 5 minutes, and you

have an orgy in my van!
Out, all of you!

Hey buddy, what about
our stuff? Our stuff!

Fuck you! Catch a ride
with someone else!

Written and directed
by Slobodan Stankovic

What was your motivation?

I've wanted to do it
since I was a teenager.

So, you were already watching
porno films as a teenager?

Of course.

Was it a bumpy road to
reaching your life's wish?

Yes, I'd say it was.

How did you become a porno
actor, and how does your

family feel about
your choice of profession?

I became an actor
by recommendation.

Some friends of mine knew
Mr. Stankovic and that's how I got in.

My environment has
reacted relatively well.

I am accepted.
I am highly respected.

You know, I arouse curiosity
where ever I appear.

To be honest, my family
doesn't approve.

But in the end they have
to accept it.

How old are you Dino?

I turn twenty four tomorrow.

Did I tell you I'm going to
Hungary tomorrow?

Really?
- Yeah man, I'm making a

film with high quality chicks,
and real production.

It will be the crown of my
career so far.

Who are you going with? What's
the deal? Is it locals?

With Stankovic and another
producer, who's in Hungary.

So it's Europe, here we come?
- Some deal. Europe calls!

Great, great. How long are you
going for?

A couple of days probably.
- lt'll be good.

As long as there's work.

I love life - do you? Protect
yourself and others. Stop AlDS.

You have a lot to worry about?
I see you're nervous.

There are always doubts, but l
hope I'll cast them away now.

- Dino!

I passed the AlDS test. Now l
can relax and continue my

preparations for the trip to
Budapest. I'll blow them away.

I'll show them who Dino is.
They'll be calling back a lot.

It's important that I don't get
scared.

I have to think of it
as just a regular shoot.

If I make it now, I can say
goodbye to shitty Serbia.

I won't be making
any more films here.

I'll move to Hungary! I've got
to be in good shape!

I've got to be in good shape!

I have to brush up on the
curriculum before tomorrow.

I'll watch all my idols: Rocco,
Christoff, Clark.

This is a regular ritual of
yours?

Yes, most of the time. I have
to keep up-to-date.

It's my profession. Vlada,
bring me something by Rocco!

Just a second.

Tension before the shoot in
Budapest.

Purely psychological.
-Here you go.

Thanks.

Dino comes here often to watch.
He doesn't have the facilities

at home. This is his basic
traning and preparation.

I have to go pack now. My bus
leaves in an hour.

And I'm meeting Boban, you
know. We're going to Budapest.

Do they know what you do? Where
are your places?

I keep that to the side. I
won't let them get at me.

In a word, I don't care about
their opinion. I am my own man.

So, it doesn't really matter if
they agree or not?

I wish you luck and success
with the making of the first.

Thanks, I'll do my best, as
always.

Just five more hours and I'll
be there. I can't wait for

the action. Nothing will stop
me when the shoot starts.

I can't go wrong. They don't
know about my secret technique.

I know how to hold back at the
toughest moments and not come.

I rule at that! Like all great
actors.

Even Tracy Lords wouldn't be
able to break me.

Just five more hours, just a
little longer.

You don't know Serbian, I don't
know Hungarian,

but we both know sex!
- Sex, I know, I know.

Get up. What a chick! Look at
her tits.

We'll see if you understand.
Tame him honey. That's right.

"Solely Sex Saves Serbia"
(on shirt)

Hello. - Welcome.
- Thanks.

The great Yugoslav, or Serbian,
porn star returns home.

Believe me, it was hard to
leave Budapest,

but I made a great step in my
career.

Hungarian women are great,
trust me. The way they look,

the way they smell, their
approach.

How are they compared to our
porno actresses?

Compared to ours? Far above
them, in general.

I did a film with a girl who
looks classy.

She has worked with my idol,
the famous Rocco Siffredi.

Yes, the rest of the crew is.

Good evening, welcome!
- Thank you, we come.

How was it?

We come from our successful
tour of Budapest.

The girls fulfilled our
expectations, and I must hurry

home. I won't be able to rest
before I have seen

on the computer what we have
done in the last three days.

Are there any previews we could
see now, right here?

There is some stuff in the
camera that we shot today.

Let me first see what's here.

Technically, there is a part of
Dino that has already entered

the European Community, and it
is the part between his legs.

I am tired of the bullshit in
Serbia. In brief, everybody

wants to fuck, but not be
fucked. Well, they can't.

See what she's doing with her
lovely breasts.

Don't, I'm embarrassed. I mean,
I am reacting.

Our star is embarrassed.

Only those who are serious and
who really want to work,

can survive in this business.
Nothing is made overnight.

Results come only with time.

Concerning information about
Sena, Stankovic was not of much

help. Even though he had been
the one to introduce her to the

business. She had cut all ties
to the sludge of her homeland.

Occasionally I visited the
striptease bars she had worked

in, hoping for news of Sena.
Her colleagues knew nothing

but one night, I found out from
a pimp that Sena was returning

to Serbia in a month. She was
with her fianc�e, a Serbian

ex-cop who had taken her there.
They were coming back to sell

his apartment in Zrenjanin. I
found out that they were going

to stay several months. I went
on researching local facts,

impatiently awaiting her
return. I spent some more time

at the "Climax" erotic video
club that Dino frequented.

I was interested in the
customers' tastes.

Here you are.
- What do you all watch most?

Usually those with a higher
status, like doctors,

professors, bankers. are very
perverse. People working

in the police and such, they
watch SM, you know?

Medical workers have a fetish,
or maybe it's the profession -

they like the uniformed stuff,
rubber, leather. People here

are a bit spoiled - they
underestimate domestic

production. They're used to the
high class American and

European productions.

When a local film appears,
they're skeptical.

I also met the owner of
"Climax". He is a man who

signed his first, most
celebrated porn film called

"Fill My Mouth", as X-man, his
directing pseudonym.

Stankovic was his consultant on
the set of his first-born.

Domestic pornography cannot be
imagined without him it seems.

I asked him what he considered
to be the greatest problem

with Serbian porno films.

Just the girls. The problem of
false morals. They put on a

mask and shoot the films for
ridiculous pay. They could be

getting descent money, for
local circumstances.

ClimaX presents
Director: X-man

"Fill My Mouth"

There's a new trend of shooting
with one camera, in motion.

You carry the camera and follow
the movements of the guy and

girl. Lots of close-ups. If
they could get the camera

inside the girl,
that would be great.

As far as people's reactions
are concerned, they're

thrilled. Borders are being
moved in our local pornography

with this hard-core stuff.

But the financial aspect is
totally unsatisfactory.

The next porno-guerilla I spent
time with was Djurica. He was,

Iike Dino, one of the few who
did not hide what he did.

Unlike Dino, his family
accepted him as he was,

everyone except his mother who
hadn't come to terms with

his choices until her death.

Djurica

The favorite: Djurica
"The traffic light separation"

"The traffic light separated
us -

you left on the green light,

I was left on the red light."

I am Djurica Stankov. I've been
living in Belgrade for 8 years.

I do various odd jobs. I work
for an escort service,

on a hotline, and I make films.

A year ago a woman started
calling me regularly at work.

She refuses to talk about sex.
We have become close.

What can I find out about you?
Tell me why you like that song?

It's a secret. Aha. So, I am
your prince?

Why does a woman call in? She
has some kind of problem.

She thinks probably if she
solves somebody else's problem,

she'll solve her own. Maybe she
likes the way somebody sounds

on the phone, maybe she has
lost someone dear to her.

You're saying she's in love
with me?

I think she's in love, maybe.

Yeah, like, we're not talking
about sex. but she's in love.

She must be in love with you.

The other option is that she
wants to help all of us,

in a sense, and put us back on
the right track.

I don't like to go back to
Vrsac. But something draws me.

I am living a different life
now. I want to be far from

that town because it carries
bad memories.

But I can't forget it. So l
keep returning.

Good evening.
- Good evening.

Djurica is our favorite in the
audition. Zorica, you were

one of the judges, what are
your impressions?

I remember, during the first
show with the hidden camera,

there were some complaints. But
here is Djurica now,

he has become real star.

Right! - A great star, and our
favorite. I will, we all will,

do everything we can to help
him succeed.

He is so nice and sweet, and
very dear.

Now briefly: Djurica, how long
have you been singing?

Since 1 989.
-You are currently unemployed?

Yes I am, and I'm looking for a
job right now.

There, so shall we hear it?
- Zorica, it's a hit!

Yes it is. And not our songs
"Handkerchief" and "Nana".

"You Lived In the Circus" is a
true hit!

The old gypsy woman raised you,
not knowing who you were,

She raised you like a rose. You
lived in the circus,

everybody loved you.

Cassandra, the sun always
shined on you.

My first job was totally
normal, I was a bus conductor.

Soon, there was an
advertisement in "Pan erotica"

for male and female models for
porno photo shoots.

I called and went to the
audition, and I passed.

This is Vrsac, my hometown. I
went to school here.

Some of the best moments of my
life happened here.

I got married here too. I left
Vrsac due to a family tragedy.

My mother died around that
time. I was married for three

Years and I had a one-year-old
son, who died soon after my

mother. So, I decided to leave
this town, I felt that there

was nothing keeping me here. I
have some family that I visit.

This is a closed environment,
and my work is hard to accept.

I am fighting with myself, and
everyone, to make a living.

Step back there. Let's move
there.

Jingle Balls, Jingle Balls

For two good little boys, l
brought one hot chick

who wants a good fucking.

Did you see what Santa brought
us? - Pussy.

I am allergic to pussy!

Don't children,
I am an old man.

Santa, have you heard that
carrol: Jingle balls,.

.jingle balls!

Written and directed by
Slobodan Stankovic

This is my granny.

They're making a
documentary about me

and some others, who do an odd
job, under the circumstances.

How did you react when you
heard what he did?

It was awkward in the
beginning, when I heard from

his mother, before she died.
But when we learned that it is

rather common, in the world,
people like my grandson.

What do you think
of your grandson?

I think he is a good boy, he
has a good soul.

He would help anyone,
I know that much.

You say you're sorry
he left town?

That the only problem, that
he's not here. I can't go visit

him, he seldom visits. But what
he does, that's fine.

I don't mind, I can't forbid
it, I've never said anything.

I would like him to be married,
have children and his own home.

I am fighting to survive.
Besides doing this work,

I sang in restaurants, at
weddings, wherever I could.

It takes balls, because people
get drunk at such celebrations,

and anything can happen.

I was nervous at first, before
it was revealed, when my mother

was still alive. I had done
some photos first,

not with a girl,
but with another guy.

So the first thing she
discovered was my bisexuality.

I was pretty nervous then. My
mother cried, she asked why,

what was wrong with me. Looking
back, it's almost funny. But

all I could tell her back then
was, like: "A hole is a hole".

We're not from around here.

You hold the camera, so I can
say hello. Hello to.

Come on, say hello.
- Shoot us, up and down.

My ex-wife lived here until
recently. She's remarried now.

She married a colleague of
mine, an accordion player.

As chance would have it, l
introduced them. We hung out

together, before they got
married, before we separated.

This is my aunt. I've been
staying with her for the past

few years, whenever I visited.
This is my uncle, he repairs

cars, with his apprentice. This
is my godmother.

Dragan, what do you
think of Djurica?

Djurica? He's a good man,
he lives his life.

I think all the best. Mother or
aunt - it amounts to the same.

Speak up, you can criticize me
as much as you like.

How's that?

You can criticize, say all that
you're thinking.

No, why? What's wrong with him?
He needs just a bit of brains.

He's missing that, huh?

Yes, he's missing some brains.
I'd buy him some if I could.

How did you react
When you found out?

I'm a woman for all times, what
can I say?

Ask him if he's seen any of my
films. I'm sure he has.

Have you seen any?

I haven't.
- You haven't.

And you, have you seen any?
- No.

You haven't wanted to, or you
haven't had the chance?

I haven't wanted to. We are
modern folks. There's plenty of

that abroad. We don't really
get it, but what can you do?

How did other react to it? Did
you mind? Did you forbid him?

I'll tell you, people are odd,
they act all fine, like it

doesn't exist. It's like that
all over the world.

But he's the only one who can
decide what he'll do in life.

As far as pornography is
concerned, I'd prefer not to do

it any more, but one must make
a living. I am subletting here,

I have to pay rent.

You get nothing out of
pornography,

no insurance. I could work for
50 years, and when I stop

getting erections, I can
retire, totally broke.

ATTENTlON!
Works on the roof!

You don't know? Is it the
music? What's the problem?

You sound like you're crying.
Now Vesna, don't cry.

The deeper I sank into the
world of pornography,

the more Sena haunted me. I
traveled to Zrenjanin.

I heard she and her fianc�e had
finally arrived. I went to the

apartment they were selling.

I missed her, they had stayed in

Zrenjanin very briefly. I
wondered where she had gone.

I concluded that she must have
gone back to Hungary.

I wondered if she'd be coming
back again. But why should she?

She'd have to be crazy.
I would have to go to her.

But first I had to
make my porn film.

I proceeded with my road movie
through Serbia. I realized more

and more that my attacks on
domestic porno films were

unfounded. The makers
had to make do.

It's not like other industries
around here functioned better.

Did domestic films look any
better? People did their best,

under the circumstances. These
were mainly the products of

small, family owned businesses.
It all came down to

personal initiative, there was
no broader program.

I wanted to meet the directors
that lived outside of Belgrade,

I assumed they faced more
problems that Stankovic did.

There were two I had heard
about: Peca and Vlada Ljiljak.

Peca is from Zrenjanin. He
opened one of the first

"erotekas" in the country,
back in the eighties.

He has made several films. I
met him in the Cultural Center

in Zrenjanin, where he was
secretly finishing his new

film: "A Belgrade Bus Ride", a
tribute to his favorite film.

You can only make a good
amateur film here. That is what

most people here are doing.

Zrenjanin used to be a wealthy
city. When you consider the

population and industry. we go
left here.

It was one of the most
industrialized cities in the

former Yugoslavia. Now nothing
is being done here,

factories are closing down,
there is less and less money.

When there is less money, more
people want to make films.

Peca films

Import & distribution of films
& eroteka

This year, there have been no
other new films, besides mine.

People are giving up, and if
the trend continues,

there will be no more domestic
films. There's no money man.

And it doesn't work without
money. A buddy and I can write

a script in half an hour. It's
more like a work schedule.

There's no dialogues, we tell
the actors what it's about.

No.

You think you can escape? You
don't know who's after you.

Tell me, I heard or read in the
papers about the case of a

private film going
around Zrenjanin.

Yes, a TV presenter, right?
- That's what I meant.

That was interesting. It was
their private home-video.

It was her boyfriend who let it
get out. Soon, everybody in

town had seen it. It was really
quite interesting.

So everybody saw their
favorite TV presenter?

Yes, their favorite presenter,
in her favorite position.

Well, she is our Pamela.
- Yeah, the "Serbian Pamela".

How did the video get out,
anyway?

I don't know, the story goes
that. turn right here.

that she argued with her
boyfriend and he wanted to hurt

her, so he let their
home video get out.

Maybe she did it herself, for
the publicity. go straight.

Now everybody knows about Maja
from Zrenjanin, right?

Yeah, yeah.

I had the most trouble
with the actresses.

They wouldn't take part
in the documentary.

They feared the reactions of
their environment the most.

Only Erzika agreed to.
She was at an advantage,

because her husband
is also in the business.

Erzika

Erzika, hello. The crew is
finally on the road.

I'll let you explain to the
driver how to get there.

Hello?

I see you don't get to shoots
on your own.

I can cover most shoots on my
own, but sometimes I bring

along an assistant. Today l
have a colleague here, who can

jump in if there is any trouble
with the actor, if he fails.

Of course, my assistant will
get paid for it.

I'm sure he won't be bored
today.

It's better than filming boring
stuff, like politicians.

My photos have been published
in every paper, every one.

When I was in Singapore and
Bali, on assignment with three

models, my most memorable
moment was my encounter with a

Buddhist monk from Thailand. I
was fascinated by the inner

peace the man had. If you ask
me what the highlight of the

two weeks with beautiful girls
was, I'd say it was meeting the

Buddhist monk. I asked where
his monastery was, and he said

in Thailand. When I go there, l
know a lot of my shooting will

be covering those Buddhist
monasteries.

So, you are fascinated by
eastern religion?

Yes, in fact, I am most
interested in Zen Buddhism.

It is extremely practical and
spiritual. I respect all other

religions, but none of them
have the strength I felt in

Zen Buddhism.

The actress asks us: We're
waiting here, best regards.

.are we doing anal sex as well?

See? That's what I call a
professional amateur.

Hi there.
- Hello, how are you?

Wow, you've done up your hair.

I went to a wedding, I told you
perhaps, last month?

No, thanks. Shall we set up
here? - Sure, come on in.

I thought we would get
here much faster.

But we took a sightseeing
detour instead.

Would you like some
coffee or juice?

Erzika is interesting, because
she is very honest, there's no

bullshit. A lot of girls have
some kind of philosophy,

bullshitting all the time. This
woman speaks openly. Look, for

this money, in some places you
have to work for a month.

I mean, dragging a hoe all day,
in the sun, from 6 am to 3 pm.

No, no you mustn't feel guilty
about it.

Not that.

You're not stealing, killing,
so, your conscience is clear.

As the Bible says, let he who
is without sin, cast the first

stone. And everyone likes sex.
They just pretend otherwise.

That's true.
- Fools.

Shall we shoot now?
- Sure!

Let's see, how shall we make it
interesting for the viewers?

I would like to take advantage
of the authentic surroundings.

It could look like a kind
of documentary film.

We'll edit it all nicely later.
I like that it's powerful, raw.

Goran, since it is your first
time on camera and this is

a bit more serious that the
stuff you have done,

I'd like you to look at some
films while we prepare.

What you see in theory, you can
do for me in practice, ok?

Ok.
- Ok, let's take a look.

Look Goran, see how the man is
penetrating. He has positioned

himself so that he is not in
the camera's way.

Erzika already knows this
stuff: the hair must not hide

the face, you should breathe
harder, and moan, it turns the

viewers on. See how they have
chosen a position where

everything is visible. Please
remember this position, we will

do that one here, on the bed,
beneath the stag and doe.

I suggest we go from theory to
practice now.

Do you want me to
explain to you where you'll be?

The scene is a simple one:
you're hanging up the washing,

singing softly, the happy wife.
You're husband is even happier

when he sees you. You wiggle a
bit, he comes out to help you,

the foreplay begins here,
in the yard.

Then you suggest to him that
you continue with the harder

stuff in the privacy of your
bedroom.

So it's three seconds, but
don't squeeze them into one.

That's 1.2.3. - I know. I've
learnt that already.

I am Erzika Petrovic, married.
I have five children.

Two daughters and three sons.
Josef here, who is seventeen,

didn't want to finish school.
He can tell you why not.

I flunked twice, and
then I stopped going.

I had started a new school
year, went for a few days,

and then I didn't
want to continue.

They asked him to write an
official letter, requesting.

Little Lazar is from my third
marriage, he goes to school.

Tell us, what grade are you in?
- Second grade.

He's starting second.
You like to study, right?

Well, a little bit.
- And to write? - No.

Why?
- Because.

Why not? - Because we have to
write in cursive letters.

Goran is my husband. We met in
Jagodina. I was living there.

That's where we met. We've been
married for ten years.

We get along well, what
else can I say?

Come on children, let's go!

Come here hubby, you make me so
horny.

Here I come, and I'm going to
fuck you now.

Hollywood!

Here we go, when you come in,
you go to that bed.

You know what we'll do?
The golden rule is:

First he goes down on you, and
then you give him a blow job.

That way, he won't
lose his erection.

He'll take your clothes off,
groping you wildly.

And talk to her! "Do you like
this, wife?"

"Do you like it when
I fuck you?"

That's the way. Here we go.
Great, great.

Hey, you're casting a shadow,
get out of there! Let's go!

Wife, do you like
it when I fuck you?

I sure do!
- Is this nice? - Yes.

Serbia as far as the
village of Debeljaca

OK. Cut! Now we'll turn the
light of and leave you alone

for a bit. Let's see if that
can help you get an erection.

Never mind, just concentrate.
It's no big deal.

Sometimes things don't go
quite as we had planned.

The man might fail to get an
erection. I knew this would

happen. A sex scene can never
work with a husband and wife.

Sadly, our women haven't been
taught by their mothers and

grandmothers that a man is a
very simple beast to maintain.

Like cattle. You give him food
and fuck, and you can do what

you like with him. But nobody
teaches our girls that.

So everyone is frustrated. I've
never seen so many half-naked

girls as there are in the
streets of Belgrade,

and so little sex. It's
all empty flirting,

and the men are
definitely frustrated.

Let's go inside and see if.

Ok, ok. We did one scene, let's
go on. You were great.

Take a little brake.
You did good.

Really, as far as I know, my
children don't know what we do.

Well, my daughter who lives in
Jagodina, the younger one,

she might know. My picture came
out in "Pan erotica" and

somebody showed it to her. She
said, whatever she may do,

she is my mother, so what? I
think we really should be more

understanding and accept that
it's better than people going

and stealing, cheating. This is
good money, if only there were

more films being made. But
hopefully that will come, too.

What a "trash" atmosphere.
Kusturica would envy me!

You seek out this kind of
atmosphere, or.?

No, I take it with a certain
sense of humor.

I've done shoots in beautiful
villas, by swimming pools.

Who do you think were the most
important Serbs, historically?

Historically, those would be
the Serbs that form the

foundation of my values:

The Emperor Dusan, Milos
Obilic, Karadjordje,

Milos Obrenovic, Zivojin Misic,
Stepa Stepanovic, Vlade Divac.

And above all, Nikola Tesla,
perhaps the greatest man ever,

in all of humanity.
He was a great player.

If it's not working, we'll make
some kind of compromise.

Gentlemen, what'll it be?
What will we do?

I don't know. What can we do?

Let make some kind of deal. We
can get some scenes out of this

that we can edit at the studio.
I'll tell you a secret:

I man can never do a good porn
scene with his own wife.

Do you know why? Because a
man's most important organ is

his brain; you fuck her every
day. that's just it.

You are tired of the daily life
with that person. It's normal.

Yes. That's it.
What can we do now?

My assistant will help out with
the shooting, by lending us a

part of his body. I hope your
husband won't be jealous.

Of course not. - That's
what I like to hear!

So, you'll be banging, and
we'll just shoot that part.

First you go down on him then
you put on the condom, here.

Fine. - Put down the camera,
and strip. We'll shoot you from

the waist down. - Ok.
- It's agreed.

Just a bit more and we're done.
So you give him a blow job.

Here's a good frame, I got the
stag in. The stag is the star.

And now you say:
"Now, fuck me hard! "

We decided to move here two
years ago. We were paying a lot

for rent in Jagodina. Here, we
have the house and the garden

for 600 dinars a month. Life is
easier here in the country,

there is seasonal work, more
than in the city.

We can grow some food in the
garden, or raise some animals.

It's different than when we
have to buy everything.

And when there is a film, I can
put money aside, or buy

something for the house. A 300
liter freezer, or a color TV.

I can buy something for the
children, a better life.

Just act normal. Now put it
underneath, like this.

Look kids: with an even
account, you'll have long love.

Darling, I have to go to a
shoot, to make more money.

Ok,dear, have a nice trip.

Please gather the laundry
honey, if it's no trouble.

Ok. I have a hard-working wife.
She fills up the budget.

It looks like most of the work
in the pornography industry

goes on in Belgrade and
North.

I also visited Novi Sad. I was
met by Vlada Ljiljak, better

known as "Van Lilak", who has
directed about a dozen films.

I found out he was a cop in the
early 90s. Many actors had told

me that he was the most decent
guy in the business.

He would pay actors, even
if the shoot failed.

Guys like that have a hard time
surviving.

As far as Novi Sad is
concerned, they look kindly on

this. I am representing the
city, just as Stankovic

represents Belgrade. Other than
trouble with my family, I had

no problems in the street, with
my buddies, colleagues.

So they supported you?

Well, not really supported,
they understood, I guess.

Were you criticized? Did people
stop you and say so-and-so.

Nobody. Not even my wife and
daughters were bothered.

What I liked most about the
porno films was the amateur

feeling, the natural feeling.
What they'd call "As it is".

No erection? Then no erection.
As long as you shoot it all.

And you make a film that will
get the viewer horny, but

afterwards he'll also say: That
was a good film of his.

That was the point for me. I
searched for a style of my own.

Sex, the Rural Way

What's going on here? What's
all this fucking around?

And nobody invited me? I'll
have to set things straight.

Fuck you man, you
interrupted me.

Hey, don't get angry,
what's this?

I've had enough. You've had
enough and now you're leaving?

You could stay, I don't mind.
- I'll keep her company.

I heard from Stankovic that
Sena was still in Serbia.

She wanted to do another film
with him, before she finally

Ieft this market. The news
seemed unbelievable. But

afterwards I realized that it
was her way of saying goodbye

to her local career, to the
peasants, and to give them

something to jerk
off to at night.

Simeon Dazdea was the last one
of the porno guerilla I was to

spend time with.

Stankovic had given him the
pseudonym "porno-peasant".

A pure-bread Romanian, but a
Serb in the heart. A legend in

his village. A tireless and
endless fucker - that was to be

the introduction at his live
show with Hungarian mares,

in Budapest.

How about a question?

Sure, what?
-Do you know Simeon?

Of course, he's our neighbor.

Yes, your neighbor, do you know
any of his film work?

Just. just the erotic stuff.

Just the erotic stuff. And what
do you think about what you saw

Was he any good?

All the best to you! So long!

Do you know your fellow
citizen, Simeon?

Ah, we thought you
were going to film him.

Of course we know him,
he often shops here.

Do you know what else he does,
besides building?

Yes. The man works.

Do you like to see that other
stuff he works on, or not?

Well... - How do people react
to him generally?

Well, they don't.

Don't film me, please. He's a
good boy, works for a living.

Have you heard of Simeon
Dazdea, the actor?

Of course, he's
famous around here.

The village mascot, huh?
-Well, I don't know.

Have you seen any of his stuff?

No, nothing. I've seen the
magazines, that's interesting

And? What do you have to say?
- Nothing. No comment!

Hi Simeon, come on in.
- Hello.

You're all bandaged up.
Who did this to you?

A guy from my village, a
maniac. - A maniac?

Yes.
- Tell me how it happened.

Well, a guy attacked me.
- A maniac? - Yes.

Why would anyone attack you?
You're a good boy.

He was drunk there had been a
wedding. When he came back from

the wedding, I was at the
pizzeria. He came over to me.

He took my lighter, he took it.
I asked him to give it back.

He said: What?
I said: Give me my lighter.

And he came over and hit me.

Was he jealous because you're
in this business? - Well, yeah.

Can it be that the people in
your environment, where you

Iive and work, are jealous of
you because of what you do?

Many of them are jealous.

Simeon, if you lived in Hungary
or Germany, they would be

coming up to ask for your
autograph, not to beat you up.

Yes, I've heard that they're
very polite over there.

You should move Simeon, there's
no future for you here!

I am thinking of leaving. Going
away, anywhere but here.

Stick a blade of grass between
your teeth, kind of carelessly.

Quick! Find something.
Yeah, that's the look.

Erzika, you go there, quick!
Simeon, you'll be over here,

strolling leisurely. Hey, where
are you going? Not so far dear!

Go! Simeon, you are passing by
when she picks the flower, and

you say: Madam, don't pick
flowers here at this bend,

you might get hit by something.

Hey, it dangerous to pick
flowers at this bend.

So where should I pick them?
- I'll show you.

Let me smell the flower you
picked at the bend in the road.

And what can l. what are
you offering me to smell?

No good, repeat it!

Let me smell the flower you
picked at the bend.

And what can I smell?
- Here comes a whole bouquet.

How did I get into the porno
business? Well, I have been

buying porno magazines for a
long time. They were

interesting. I always bought
them, every one, even back when

they were forbidden. I thought
it was interesting how they got

in front of the camera for the
shooting. I sent in a coupon

from "Striptease", a game by
Stankovic, and he drew my name,

and called me in for the shoot.

Have you heard of your fellow-
citizen, Simeon Dazdea, actor?

The actor? Yes!

He's good!

Simeon is a nice, regular guy.
He was a "Red Star" supporter.

He walked, for years. But I see
he is doing well with acting.

I don't know if he was made out
for that, but I see he's doing

well. I think he will be the
star of Southern Banat.

He's told us about it, showed
us pictures. We know he does.

Yeh, I read in. that he adores
Rocco Siffredi and.

I'd like to be an actor too,
but I don't know how.

He's a nice guy, I hope he'll
want to give us loans,

because we really
are in a crisis.

Come over here, I'll show you
how to fuck, the rural way.

I was in Sibenik in 1 991, doing
my military service. The Croats

attacked our barracks and
wanted us to surrender.

We didn't surrender,
we fought till the end.

God himself delivered
us from those barracks.

I voted for the Radical Party,
they are the only party here.

I don't like politics, I don't
get involved. I know my duty,

it is to defend my country.
Politics are not for me.

My duty is to defend my beloved
country, and my beloved Serbs.

Serbia, Serbia!
Never Yugoslavia!

See here. Now you're going to
get up and run, naked,

as though he is chasing
you across the field.

And say: "Oh dear, what are you
doing, I'm going to run away."

Run, but not like your afraid,
run like you're teasing him.

Then you both run around naked.

Oh my, I'm going to run from
you, through the field.

I've had several girlfriends.
My longest relationship was

With a girl from Timisoara, we
were together for three years.

After that, I met
a girl from Bosnia.

Well, we met this year, in
March. We were together until

recently. Then she heard about
the porno film I had made,

and wanted nothing more
to do with me.

What can you tell
us about Simeon?

The porno actor? He's a better
actor than he is a builder.

Besides films, have you seen
what he has done for magazines?

Yes, I have. - Yes? How many
have you seen? A couple?

One issue. He didn't want to
brag with any more than that.

No more? - We're waiting to see
the film, but.

Well, you can see this one that
is being shot now.

Hi. - How are you doing, Sima?
- I'm making a porno film.

How did it go?

It was good.
She was good.

What are those magazines?

They're from
Slobodan Stankovic.

He sent them for
You to look at.

Let's take a look.

Are you in them?

No.

The poem that I'll read to you
was written by my neighbor

Trajan, known as Stojan. He is
letting me read this to you,

because he is too embarrassed.
The poem is called "Simeon":

Simeon, the pride of Lokve,
you great Serb, women love you,

all the village celebrates you.
Tireless, you work the land,

at home at night,
you work the Ma'am.

Porno-peasant is what
they call you,

the porno field out there
awaits you.

Dig it, sow it, fertilize it,
may you have a healthy crop.

May all the world see the
Serbian peasant hard at work.

I had only to visit
the fair in Budapest now.

For our porno filmmakers, it is
the Promised Land.

It is the dream they dream
throughout the year, and then

they wake up in September for
those three days of the event.

Then they go back to Serbia and
continue dreaming until the

following September.

There, I met Stankovic,
Dino, X-man and

Vladan from "Climax", the Huper
couple who own "Hexor",

the largest distributing
company in Serbia, etc.

I had never seen them so happy
before. They were here,

hoping to make some
new good deals.

Of course, so far they had
never succeeded in that.

Dino was again blown off for
the Live Sex stage.

Such a performance would have
been a big step in his career.

He will have to try
again next year.

The time finally came for me to
make my first porno film.

Stankovic put me in touch with
Sena. We agreed that he would

bring her, and act as my expert
consultant during the shoot.

Hi.
- Hello.

Sena was happy to see me. She
was in a good mood during the

shoot. But I sensed it was only
her professional mask.

She kept the mask on, even
though she had no reason to

any more. She had
no more business in Serbia.

You will be naked. - I know
that, you needn't tell me that.

You'll stand there, when I say
"Action! " you move over there.

Wait. Ok, say it.
- Let's try it. Action!

Here, is that enough?
- Yes, yes.

I have to admit that after all
the things I went through,

in the Serbian sex underground,
my former ambitions to make a

high standard film, had
wavered along the way.

With time, my goal had changed.
I didn't want to escape the

domestic aesthetics, I wanted
to use it and deepen it.

My motives were probably
masochistic, what could I do?

I had fallen in love with the
world I had entered.

I had become a part of it.

A good looking couple,
well matched.

I need one like that,
to grab my tits.

Action!
Go.

Stop!

Sena stayed very shortly after
the shoot. She was in a hurry,

so I saw her to the station.
Along the way, I tried to talk

to her about the old times. I
quickly realized that she was

Iost forever.
The story was over.

She was traveling into
her fianc�es embrace.

As a guerilla, you
must have weapons.

Dino, give the weapons
to your war comrades.

Sure. - Look, a storm,
a tempest.

Fuck, what a caliber!
One for you. and one for you.

And here is one for you,
since you're wounded.

He who doesn't watch porno,
will have to face the storm!

My time with Stankovic and
his porno-guerilla had ended.

Djurica is not in this shot.

After a few skirmishes with
Stankovic, He had to leave the
business.

Now he is trying to start
his own hot-line agency

with a partner from Austria.

That's why he often travels
abroad.

He plans to leave Serbia
for good, soon.

The documentary was almost done.

I had no further news about the
porno-guerilla, except that

Stankovic's old dream
of making a film in the

Dominican Republic,
had come true.

Sex and Fun in Dominicana

This is a game,
a dance, oh la la!

On one occasion, Erzika
sent me a text message:

Good day. I am sorry to bother
you, do you know anyone who

needs actors? We need the money
to buy wood for the winter.

Let me know if you hear of
anything. Erzika.

The shooting of my first-born
porno film dragged out.

I never finished it. I didn't
have the strength.

I returned to my old life,
watching porno films and

approaching them
only theoretically.

The practice had turned
out to be too harsh for me.

I never saw another
domestic porno film again.

But I will never forget
our porno guerilla.

The events left a lasting
impression on me.

I think the feeling that l
still belong to that world

will remain with we
for a long time.