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The Road

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During the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999, a truck driver is tasked with transporting a mysterious load from Kosovo to Belgrade.
The Road

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Critics Consensus

The Load (Teret) sifts through the wreckage of a horrific conflict to tell the story of a man faced with impossible choices -- and their consequences.

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Robert Abele Los Angeles Times Oct 18, 2019
We not only feel the stifling turmoil of [Vlada's] conscience-stricken sense of survival but also the chilly outlook on an ashy-gray landscape from which one might think only of escape and eventually the roiling ill at a literal and figurative burden. Go to Full Review
Scott Tobias NPR Aug 29, 2019
The Load is thoughtful enough as a character study, but its true subject is the war-ravaged landscape that unfurls through the truck's windshield and the various pit stops its driver makes along the way. Go to Full Review
Glenn Kenny New York Times Aug 29, 2019
[An] atmospheric, gripping film... Go to Full Review
Paul Kanieski KSQD Community Radio Jul 24, 2023
The filmmaking style is austere, the dialog sparse, the story mostly told visually – it’s an exercise in poetic minimalism. Go to Full Review
Vladan Petkovic Cineuropa Sep 16, 2020
It is [Leon] Lučev's almost unbelievable performance that makes the execution of Glavonić's vision not only possible, but remarkably clear. Go to Full Review
John Petkovic Cleveland Plain Dealer Nov 25, 2019
A moving, impressionistic portrait of a man trying to survive chaos during wartime. Go to Full Review
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Movie Info

Synopsis During the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999, a truck driver is tasked with transporting a mysterious load from Kosovo to Belgrade.
Director
Ognjen Glavonic
Producer
Sophie Erbs, Ognjen Glavonic, Dragana Jovovic, Stefan Ivancic
Screenwriter
Ognjen Glavonic
Distributor
Grasshopper Film
Production Co
Non-Aligned Films, Kinorama, Cinémadefacto
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Serbian
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 30, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 1, 2019
Runtime
1h 38m
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