“THE TRAP” is a modern film noir reflecting the true face of Serbian (Eastern European) ‘society in transition.’ It’s a story that could happen to you. It is a film about an ordinary man, who is forced to choose between life and death of his own child. THE TRAP is a film about post-Milosevic’s Serbia, in which there is no more war, but there is moral and existential desert, about Serbia in transition, in which human life still doesn’t worth a lot, about normal life which still seems unreachable.

Klopka (2007)
  • Rating: (3,295 votes)
  • Runtime:106 minutes
  • Director: Srdan Golubovic
  • Countries:Serbia, Germany, Hungary
  • Actors:
    Mladen
    Nebojsa Glogovac
    Marija
    Natasa Ninkovic
    Jelena
    Anica Dobra
    Kosta Antic
    Miki Manojlovic
    Nemanja
    Marko Djurovic
    Ivkovic
    Dejan Cukic
    Doktor Lukic
    Bogdan Diklic
    Marko
    Mladen Nelevic
    Moma
    Boris Isakovic
    Ivkovicev brat
    Vuk Kostic
  • Genres:Crime, Drama, Thriller
  • Producers:
    Maksa Catovic
    co-producer  
    Igor Kecman
    line producer  
    László Kántor
    co-producer  
    Jelena Mitrovic
    producer  
    Natasa Ninkovic
    producer  
    Alexander Ris
    producer  
    Jörg Rothe
    producer  
  • Plot: "THE TRAP" is a modern film noir reflecting the true face of Serbian (Eastern European) 'society in transition.' It's a story that could happen to you. It is a film about an ordinary man, who is forced to choose between life and death of his own child. THE TRAP is a film about post-Milosevic's Serbia, in which there is no more war, but there is moral and existential desert, about Serbia in transition, in which human life still doesn't worth a lot, about normal life which still seems unreachable. Written by Srdan and Srdjan
Klopka
  • User's comment:A jewel of a film: the kind that comes perhaps once a year by katchita

    Every serious moviegoer enters each theater with the hope that this film will be that little gem that one can expect at most once a year (and some years it doesn't happen at all). This film is that little jewel; I was lucky enough to see it at its premier in the Berlinale. It asks the question, "what is a good man"? Can a man be good in some parts of his life and not at all good in others? In life, who becomes the ultimate arbiter of goodness? The film also introduces an interesting tension around traditional gender roles -- the husband/father expected to be the provider -- even while portraying seemingly modern women. This tension is an important driving force, in addition to the difficult challenge facing the main character. The resulting violence that occurs is at once completely believable and yet shocking; seemingly ancillary to the main plot is one scene of senseless violence against a street child that is quite breath-taking. There is a great symmetry to this movie, centering around a particular street corner on which that child hustles as a window-washer. We return to this place again and again, at different times and in different psychological states. Overall this film is masterfully crafted and acted with complex layers and much to reflect upon. I recommend it in the highest terms.


  • Also known as: La trampa (Argentina - imdb display title), La trampa (Spain - imdb display title), A csapda (Hungary - imdb display title), I pagida (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Klopka - Die Falle (Germany), Le piège (France - imdb display title), Pulapka (Poland - imdb display title), The Trap (International - English title),

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