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The Unemployed (1968 film)

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The Unemployed
Directed byŽelimir Žilnik
Written byŽelimir Žilnik
CinematographyPetar Latinović
Edited byMilica Poličević
Music byDušan Ninkov
Production
company
Neoplanta Film
Release date
  • 27 February 1968 (1968-02-27)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryYugoslavia
LanguageSerbo-Croatian

The Unemployed (Serbo-Croatian: Nezaposleni ljudi) is a 1968 Yugoslav short documentary film directed by Želimir Žilnik.[1][2] The film focuses on the issue of unemployment in socialist Yugoslavia.[3] It belongs to the Yugoslav Black Wave.[4][5]

Content

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The film deals with the social position and issues faced by the unemployed populace in Yugoslavia. It shows the life of several unemployed men temporarily living in a collective accommodation provided by the employment office. The director interviews them on the street and inside their accommodation; they discuss societal inequality, the red bourgeoisie, differences in salaries and the housing situation among the homeless. The short ends with an unemployed man hitting himself in the head with a stone while another recites Aleksa Šantić's poem Stay here (Ostajte ovdje).

References

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  1. ^ "Želimir Žilnik - Redatelji/ce". Art-kino Croatia (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  2. ^ The Unemployed - IMDb
  3. ^ "Nezaposleni ljudi | Želimir Žilnik". www.zilnikzelimir.net (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  4. ^ Matković, Aleksandar (2021). "Social deviations and the "black wave" of Yugoslav cinematography: Multiperspectivity of deviance". Civitas. 11 (1): 36–67. doi:10.5937/civitas2101036m. ISSN 2217-4958.
  5. ^ "Najbolji Filmovi Jugoslovenskog Crnog Talasa". IGN Adria (in Serbo-Croatian). 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
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