Original title: Samo nas ljubav moze spasiti
English title: Only love can save us
Spoken languages: serbian
Subtitles: russian
Genre: docu-fiction TV film
Duration: 53min
Color: colour
Format: DCP/MP4
Resolution: HD
Apect ration: cinemascope 1.78:1 (16:9)
Frames: 25fps
Sound: stereo
Premiere: 2017
Production companies: Aleksandrija Film (Belgrade, Serbia)
Executive producers: Milovan Djurovic
Producer: Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic
Director: Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic
Screenwriters: Ljiljana Habjanovic Djurovic
Co-writer: Mila Milosavljevic
Directors of photography: Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic
Composer: Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic
Editor: Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic
Sound recordist: Ivan Bulbuk
Sound designer: Sasa Mirosavljevic-Don
Cast:
Metropolitan Porfirije (Self), Inspector Zoran Lukovic (Self), Ljiljana Habjanovic Djurovic (Self), Kalina Kovacevic (Mother), Boris Obrenov (Son), Petar Lecic (little Son)
SYNOPSIS
Story about evil in modern world and protection of family and beliefs. Story about Anti-Christianity and cults. Story about mother that wants to protected her son and save his soul.
PRODUCTION NOTES
This docu-fiction TV film is inspired by novel "Onda je dosla Dobra Vila" ("And then the Good Fairy came"), by Ljiljana Habjanovic Djurovic. In interviews with Metropolitan Porfirije (now Patriarch of Serbian Orthodox Church), former police inspector Zoran Lukovic and writer Ljiljana Habjanovic Djurovic, we discover horrifying truth about dangerous influence of religious cults in modern society and esspecially on children and teenagers. Through fictional parts, that recreates scenes from the novel, ispired by real events, we learn about a story of a young mother that deals with her son's change under dangerous influences. She gives all her love and strenght to save her son and his souls, in the same time discovering her own faith.
FESTIVALS
- Golden Knight International Film Festival (Sevastopol, Crimea, Russia) - 2017
HADZI-ALEKSANDAR DJUROVIC, director
Born in Belgrade in 1988. year. After the third year of high school enrolled directing at the Academy of Arts in Belgrade. Graduated in 2010. From 2011 to 2016 he was assistant on departments of tv and film directing. He is founder and producer in production company Aleksandrija Films since 2009. He directed 12 internationaly awarded short fiction and short documentary films. His debut feature "Love Comes After" had premiere at Belgrade 61st FEST 2013 won award on Beverly Hills Film Festival in category Best Director and was nominated for Best foreign film and Best director award on NYCIFF in 2013. His first feature
documentary “You leave, I’ll Stay!” was in official documentary competition programme of 38th Moscow Film Festival. “The Bloody Lilly of the Valey” was in official selection of Montreal Film Festival. “The Touch to pain” was in official international short competition of 62. Cork Film Festival and South East European Film Festival in Los Angeles. Short film “Cockoo” was in official selection of World Fest Houston film festival. His most successful project so far is second feature fiction film "A Cross in the Desert" that had over 101.000 theatrical admissions, and was in selection of 62 festivals where it won 31 awards.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
Marked (2008)
After The Rooster`s Crow (2010)
Soil (2007-2013)
Hibernation (2013)
Love Comes After (2013)
Stand Down Tragedy (2014),
The Bloody Lilly of the Valley (2014)
Path (2015)
You Leave, I`ll Stay! (2015)
Mount of Transfiguration (2016)
Hypertension (2016)
Only Love Can Save Us (2017)
The Touch to Pain (2017)
Cuckoo (2017)
Third (2019)
A Cross in the Desert (2022)
