Limonov and Karadzic Polish director Pavel Pawlikowski pays great attention to the process of the collapse of the Soviet Union in his documentary works. In his first film, Pavlikovsky shows the life of a descendant of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. In the second film, the director interviews the creator of the postmodern poem “Moscow-Petushki” Venedikt Erofeev.
"Serbian Epic" (third film) shows the beginning of the newest Balkan conflicts after the collapse of the USSR.
Before us are the South Slavic people, we hear Serbian national music, we see an Orthodox church charming with its beauty, we are present during the rite of baptism.
We have before us the first President of the Republika Srpska in 1992-1996, Radovan Karadzic, who will later be charged with war crimes by the International Tribunal. Next to him is a friendly conversation in English Eduard Limonov (radical politician, writer). Limonov fires a machine gun and publicly admires the courage of Karadzic's Serbian soldiers.
The camera also noticed some wild habits of the Serbian people, which became infected with radical nationalism.
Pawlikowski talks about the tragic and dramatic events of post-Soviet reality, which are difficult to watch, although we do not see the images of violence directly. In my opinion, the director, as a doctor, wants to give the viewer a movie vaccine that should help develop the necessary immunity.