The Undertaker

Synopsis

Bata, a young man, who gets involved in international funeral business, tries to balance the job with his private life. The documentary enters “Bata’s world” in which this funeral business in a unique way connects the story about values, the futility of waiting and the absurd of modern age in which workers are travelling across Europe, but post mortem. The characters run after material symbols while their lives are slipping away.

Director Biography

Dragan Nikolić / director, scriptwriter and cinematographer. He achieved a great success with previous projects: as a complete author of documentary films – The Caviar Connection, National Park and Hot Line shown and awarded at the big world festivals (IDFA 2008, IDFA 2006…). Graduated from Faculty of Drama Arts in Belgrade – Department for Dramaturgy, and from Faculty of Philosophy, Department for Philosophy. Was born in 1974 in Zajecar, Eastern Serbia.