Working Class Heroes

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63rd TIFF: Greek Premiere

Lidija is a cold-hearted businesswoman working for a construction investor of dubious morals. Lidija’s main task is to oversee the work of the illegal workers working on the construction site and protect the image of the company at all costs. In the meantime, the workers are brought face to face with the brutal reality of capitalism. Unpaid and exhausted, they have to take their fate into their own hands. When they decide to stand up for their rights, the construction site becomes the setting, where social classes and morals clash. Five years in the making, the film exposes relentless corruption, capitalism, and injustice in a game of “big fish eats small fish.”

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Available at the Agora Market TIFF63.

Direction: Miloš Pušić

Script: Dušan Spasojević, Ivan Knežević, Miloš Pušić

Cinematography: Aleksandar Ramadanović

Editing: Ivan Knežević, Miloš Pušić

Sound: Lazar Živanac, Nikola Malogajski, Stevan Milošević, Boris Zaborski

Music: Jovan Obradović – Špira

Actors: Jasna Djuričić, Boris Isaković, Predrag Momčilović, Stefan Beronja, Aleksandar Djurica, Bojana Milanović, Ervin Hadžimurtezić, Mihajlo Badža Pleskonjić, Filip Djurić

Production: Altertise

Producers: Miloš Pušić

Co-producers: Jasna Đuričić, Boris Isaković, Predrag Momčilović, Aleksandar Đurica, Stefan Beronja, Bojana Milanović, Aleksandar Ramadanović, Filip Đurić, Miljena Vučković, Marina Sremac, Ivan Knežević

Costumes: Marina Sremac

Production Design: Miljena Vučković

Executive producer: Stefan Isaković

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Serbia

Production Year: 2022

Duration: 84΄

Contact: Heretic

Awards/Distinctions: Audience Award – Biografilm Festival 2022

Miloš Pušić

Miloš Pušić was born in 1980, in Senta, Serbia. He works as a director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed one short film, Lullaby for a Boy (2007), which screened in festivals worldwide, and two feature films: Autumn in My Street (2009), which premiered at Sarajevo Film Festival, and Withering (2013), which premiered at Karlovy Vary. Recently, he produced the feature My Morning Laughter (2019), directed by Marko Đorđević. It premiered at Rotterdam IFF and was one of the most successful indie films in Serbia in recent years. Working Class Heroes is his third feature film. He is currently shooting a documentary about Dragan Stojkovic Piksi, Serbian and Japanese football icon. He also works as an assistant professor at the Academy of Arts Novi Sad.