Stara škola kapitalizma (English: The Old School of Capitalism) is a 2009 feature film

Feature film

In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...

 directed by Serbian

Serbs

The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

 director Želimir Žilnik

Želimir Žilnik

Želimir Žilnik is a Serbian film director. He is noted for his socially engaging style and criticism of censorship that was commonplace during the Yugoslav communist era...

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Plot

The movie is mixture of documentary and fiction examining the new god of capitalism offered the Serbs with the ending of state socialism. The background to the story is a number of strikes in Belgrade in the recent past and these introduce us to a number of characters who play themselves. Explosive situations result with employees dressed in American football helmets and pads square up with employers' heavies in their bullet-proof vests. A Russian tycoon and vice president Joe Biden's arrival sparks the action. The Rotterdam Film Festival's review argues that it is an intriguing docu-drama observes with x-ray eyes and in a sharp tone what's going on in the new Serbia. No lazy ideological analysis, but a complex and yet lighthearted portrait of the consequences of globalised capitalism for a country that has only just joined in the game.