Exit Through the Cuckoo’s Nest

Switzerland, April 2024
FILM, Documentary, 19 min.

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directed by
Nikola Ilić
Written by
Nikola Ilić
Status
In distribution
Website
https://hook-film.com/project/exit_de

The essayistic personal short documentary tells the story of a soldier who never wanted to be one. Choosing never to pull the trigger, his defiance leads to military prison. Faking mental illness he detours away from the front line, through a lunatic asylum back home to Belgrade on the day that NATO begins bombing the entire country.

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World Premiere
April 2024
Original Version
Serbian (french/german subtitles),  colour, DCP, 19 min.
ISAN
0000-0005-8666-0000-E-0000-0000-W
Production
HOOK Film & Kultur Produktion GmbH
Producer
Laurin Merz
directed by
Nikola Ilić
Written by
Nikola Ilić
Cinemato­graphy
Nikola Ilić, Corina Schwingruber Ilić
Editing
Corina Schwingruber Ilić
Location Sound Mix
Nikola Ilić, Corina Schwingruber Ilić
Sound Design
Aleksandar Saša Rančić, Jan Godde

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World Rights
HOOK Film & Kultur Produktion GmbH
Festival Distribution
Raina Film Festival Distribution

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