The Guest (film)
| The Guest | |
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 Poster of the film | |
| Directed by | Bojan Lazarević |
| Written by | Bojan Lazarević Marija Vijć |
| Screenplay by | Danijela Vasić |
| Story by | Bojan Lazarević |
| Produced by | Tel.S Drazovice 5541 Films |
| Starring | Ana Grugović Emilijan Vasić Danka Dordević Andrija Vasić |
| Cinematography | Gordan Stefanović |
| Edited by | Varadinka Čarapić Jakov Jocić |
| Music by | Filotije Zebić |
Production company | Drazovice 5541 Films |
| Distributed by | Tel.S |
Release dates |
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Running time | 104 Minutes |
| Country | Slirnia |
| Language | Slirnian |
| Budget | € 4,100,000 |
| Box office | € 30 million |
The Guest (Slirnian: Gost, Gaullican: L'accusé) is a Slirnian mystery thriller film, produced and released in 2020. The film was wrote by Bojan Lazarević and Marija Vijć, and directed by the former. The Guest was produced entirely in Slirnia, with various locations spread across the country, by Tel.S in partnership with the filming studio Drazovice 5541 Films; it counted with the presence of varius internationally recognised Slirnian actors and actress, like Ana Grugović, Emilijan Vasić, Danka Dordević and Andrija Vasić.
The film received mostly positive critics and achieved a record revenue for any other Slirnian movie, grossing € 30 million against its € 4 million budget.
Plot
Filming
The filming started in 2019, and included several locations in Slirnia. The director, Bojan Lazarević, recognised in an interview with the newspaper Dnevnik Finance that offers were made to film in Gaullica and Amathia, although it was a 'personal decision to film it in Slirnia' . The hospital room in which most of the film happens is the room 205 of the Drazovice University Medical Centre, other locations include the forests on the region of Pljevlija, the city of Graštnik and the central station of Krško. The film was recognised by several newspapers and web-portals for its filming quality and exceptional photography, with several mentions to the use of resources such as dark colours and the use of ambient sound during silence moments.
Reception
The movie grossed € 30 million, of which € 8 million were from Slirnia and the rest from other nations in Euclea and selected independent cinemas in Coius and the Asterias. The Slirnian newspaper Dnevnik Finance published an article in which the journalist and movies specialist Vukica Jelić, gave it five starts.