The Load
The Load is a 2018 Serbian war drama film directed by Ognjen Glavonić. It was selected to screen in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It also won the Golden Pram Award for Best Feature Film at the 2018 Zagreb Film Festival.
Plot
During the 1999 NATO bombing of Kosovo, Vlada is a middle aged man hired to act as a courier to Belgrade through Kosovo of a mysterious truck transport, the contents of which are left undisclosed to him. This being his third excursion driving, he’s advised not to stop for any reason once he departs. After being dropped off at the site where the truck waits for him, he begins his journey but is soon rerouted by a burning car wreck at a bridge, forcing him to detour to a nearby riverbed.
Cast
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| author | Ognjen Glavonic |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Serbia |
| director | Ognjen Glavonic |
| editor | Jelena Maksimović |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | bomb build burning car car wreck cassette tape dead bodies drive estrange freeze law enforcement listen mass grave middle aged man mysterious truck nato bombing office building on the road phone call teenage son wait wash world war ii young man |
| nomination | IFFR audience award |
| producer | Dragana Jovović Sophie Erbs Stefan Ivančić |
| productionCompany | Cinéma Defacto Kinorama Non-Aligned Films Three Gardens Film |