tadejchika "Parada" is a wonderful example of a movie which begins as just another meaningless comedy, but than develops to a drama with a deeper story.It shows wonderful the paradox to which the gay people are exposed to. Love is considered as the highest value in almost every society, as the foundation of the mankind, but obviously just certain people are allowed to show it and just certain people are allowed to receive it. The conservatives or better the extremists consider gay people as the worst kind of people just because they love the "wrong" people.But this movie is also so much more than just a movie about gay people, its a movie about tolerance, understanding and friendship which can grow between all kind of people.It is one of the best movies I've ever seen. I would recommend to show it in all high schools, so that our young ones would see, how unnecessary it is to be rude or violent to people just because they come from different backgrounds, belong to other religions and prefer homosexual relationships.

JvH48 I saw this film as part of the Berlinale 2012 film festival. The venue with some 1,750 seats was fully booked. The screening received a standing ovation. Many (13) crew members were called on stage and named one by one, and the audience thanked them all with extra applause. I, however, was left with mixed feelings about the clichés that were thrown on us. I fully understand the controversial reviews on IMDb written before. Some are very happy and applaud every minute, while others hate it from start to finish. I'm somewhere between these extremes.How far can you go with enlarging gay stereotypes, yet without overstepping the bounds of satire? Although the film incorporates a few nice ideas, offering several good laughs, I cannot escape from the idea that some uncomfortable moments were better avoided. Every broad minded viewer, straight or gay or bi, ought to be aware that these stereotypes do not reflect the real world. In that case we see this film doing its best to paraphrase on what we assume that others (less broad minded people) think.Take for instance the soon-to-be-married couple. He is a collector of guns and hunting trophies, and he owns a security company. She wants a "special" wedding, and has hired a designer with very revolutionary ideas. You guessed it already: this designer is gay (how stereotype can you get?), living together with a veterinarian who rescued (at gunpoint!) the to-be-husband's dog from death after a shooting incident. The security company in question is hired to protect a gay parade (hence the film title) from hooligans, who have announced to disturb a gay parade. The police offers no help, hence the guards as a second best alternative. Alas, all employees of the security company flatly refuse their task in this particular assignment, leaving the owner empty-handed, very eager to find other guards to protect the parade. And that is where the developments start, with very unexpected turns of events as the result.Above paragraphs outlined the role and position of the four main characters. I see no purpose in summarizing the rest of the story line, other than a heads up to expect the unexpected, especially on the hunt for free lance security personnel. The mixed bag of some good laughs and some awkward moments made me score this film just a bit better than unsatisfactory.

shvne-975-460321 After seeing "Rane" thought this could be another cool-one from the same director, but No!Tons of worn out clichés about temperament yugo-people in their love-hate relations, which seems to serve as a good excuse for past war atrocities - similarly recurring in many recent Serbian films. With all the characters and the story, being really implausible, even for a comedy. Few actors giving good performances is what saves it from total awfulness.Can imagine such film having some local success, but for me it's a promising director turned to predictable mainstream.

peglakanta This movie positively surprised me, it's comic, but not in a way we're used to here, like many other slapstick-y movies seen in recent years. It revolves around a former criminal and war veteran Limun, a slightly homophobic patriot and a group of LGBT activists trying to organize a pride parade in Belgrade, the not so gay friendly environment. Their paths cross when, in despair, the activists turn to Limun for help, having nobody to protect them during the parade. The movie is greatly filled with hilarious moments and funny dialogue, and standard Balkanian prejudices and clichés, not used for cheap comedy, but in an attempt to depict a society that is based on those clichés and fed with it through politics, mass media manipulation, and ignorance. Some might not like the fact that the movie is all comedy, and gets serious about LGBT rights and awareness only at the end, but I think that is exactly why it made such an impact on me; since I was laughing the whole time, I didn't expect such ending, and it caught me off guard, making the final scenes even more intense, serious, and moving.