Kenedi Goes Back Home
7.5
The first film in what would ultimately become Zilnik’s famed Kenedi trilogy follows street hustler Kenedi Hasani and his friend as they roam the streets of Serbia seeking Kenedi’s parents. Kenedi Goes Back Home is Zilnik’s account of the Roma people who were forced to flee from the war in the Balkans to Germany in the 1990s and who, ten years later, are forced against their will to return to Serbia. Zilnik shows the immigrants' lives in relation to the prevailing ideology shaped today by the borders between rich and poor and by the often-racist selection process that determines who will be accepted into Western Europe. In presenting the dilemmas and identifying the crises these people face, he appeals for a solution.
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Želimir Žilnik Director · Miodrag 'Miša' Milošević Cinematographer Marko Cvejić Editor
First release January 1, 2003 · Produced in Serbia · Languages German, Serbian
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Terra film
Production
Serbia
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Original title
Kenedi se vraća kući
Original language
Serbian
Spoken on screen
German · Serbian
Release dates
Serbia · January 1, 2003
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
April 3, 2004 · Pilsen Film Festival
France
June 20, 2006 · Paris Serbian Film Festival
Greece
November 1, 2014 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Montenegro
January 1, 2003
Netherlands
January 23, 2004 · Theatrical
Poland
October 17, 2004 · Warsaw Film Festival
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