Leptirica

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synopsis

Based loosely on Milovan Glišić's classic 1880 Serbian vampire story After Ninety Years - which preceded Bram Stoker's Dracula by nearly two decades - Djordje Kadijevic's adaptation is a subversive, darkly erotic take on Glišić's pastoral tale of a group of rural villagers beset upon by the infamous vampire Sava Savanovic, who has taken up residence in their local flour mill. Killing off all the millers in succession leaves an opening for young Strahinja, who has been desperate for a way to win approval to marry the beautiful daughter of the village's most wealthy landowner. But is he prepared for the deadly secret of the She-Butterfly? Kadijevic takes dramatic license with the original story but retains the hypnotic day-to-day of a remote village steeped in superstition and boredom, punctuated by some breathtaking and shocking moments that draw on the rich material of Slavic folklore.

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