It is difficult to discuss and articulate the disturbing elements in A Serbian Film without just exclaiming “This film is messed up!”. Simply listing these bizarre, depraved and disgusting scenes would be a disservice to the film and I’ll leave that to the BBFC, who if they attempt to certificate this film will have a very hard job on their hands, instead I think it’s important to discuss the film rather than just the describe the most shocking scenes. The director’s approach to the content of the film is even stranger, you could say demented and psychotic even rather than strange. The way Vukmir (Sergej Trifunovic) approaches directing this film within the film is a little strange with Milos being given an earpiece which the director uses to instruct him and the camera crew filming him in a documentary style. Having quit his somewhat lucrative career in the porn industry he does not have the money to support his wife and son but with the offer of ‘one last job’ from an eccentric director (Vukmir) Milos decides to make another film. This uncomfortable but almost amusing Solondz-esque scene foreshadows a lot of the more disturbing scenes later in the film as the it becomes far more disturbing and horrific with scenes that mix children and sex in increasingly shocking ways. The film opens on a porn scene which a young boy is watching on video and into the room walks the star of the scene which happens to be the small boy’s father, Milos (Srdjan Todorovic).

A Serbian Film opens with a scene that effectively sets up one of the main recurring themes in the film and also gives the audience a small taste of the uncomfortable and increasingly horrified feeling they are going to experience throughout the 100 minute running time.

A serbian film ending scene