Where to Watch A Holy Place (1990) in the US

What it's about

Sveto mesto (A Holy Place, 1990) is based on a literary classic, Nikolai Gogol's 1835 short story, 'Viy'. However, Kadijevic uses it only as a starting point for his own explorations into the dark side of eroticism. Gogol's story deals with Toma, a reluctant theology student who is forced to read the Psalms over an (un)dead girl for three nights in a row. All the while supernatural forces are trying to grab him from the Holy Circle drawn on the church floor. Kadijevic adapts and enriches 'Viy' by inventing a new backstory for the witch-girl and her father. The dead girl, Catherine (unwittingly killed in the prologue, while in the shape of a hag), is referred to as a 'saint' and her father is a harsh and unpleasant man. Kadijevic departs further from the original story, and introduces an excess of perversity and horror more reminiscent of the Anglo-American gothic than the milder Slavic attempts in a similar mode. Incest is the name of the game here.

Cast and crew

Director

Djordje Kadijevic

Writer

Nikolai Gogol, Nikolay Gogol, Djordje Kadijevic

Starring

Dragan Jovanovic, Branka Pujic, Aleksandar Bercek

Details

Release date

Sep 29, 1990

Language

Serbo-Croatian

Country

Yugoslavia

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