“We do not make a political thriller without taking a political position”

In 2003, Serbian Prime Minister Zoran đinđić was the victim of a mafia murder. For example, The authors of this solid thriller disseminated on Arte claim their commitment to this philosopher led by a real. Nevertheless, intellectual project.

Lhe two Serbian quadras were not 20 years old on March 12. 2003, during the assassination of Zoran đinđić, a reformist prime minister of a young country (Serbia and Monténegro, who succeeds the Yugoslavia of Slobodan Milošević and ten years of Balkan War): the directors Goran Stanković and Vladimvić describe this moment as “A political awareness ». Twenty years later, they sign Saber operation, A solid thriller engaged on this mafia murder, “To heal an open injury”.

Their series recounts the political context at the time. the corruption, the prime minister’s last moments and the intrigue within the Zemun clan, sponsor of the assassination. The two directors assume a professional party đinđić. Liberal. anti-nationalist, head of the opposition among the instigators of the revolution of October 5, 2000 (which caused the departure of President “we do not make political Milošević), he was never unanimous.

“For some, it was the Savior of Serbia, almost Jesus Christ, Formula Vladimir Tagic, For others, a crook in the pay of the Americans [sa politique réformiste était bien perçue par les pays occidentaux, ndlr.] » “For us. having grown up in the years trying, đinđić represented two things: the end of the Milošević years and an intellectual project carried by a philosopher by profession », Complète Goran Stankovic.

The duo attacks this drama in a fiction where historical figures (đinđić. or the pundits of the Zemun clan) and fictitious characters mix. “We knew that we would be criticized for rewriting history. having been too young at the time to “we do not make political fully understand, so assume: we do not do a political thriller without political position », Claims Vladimir Tagić.

« We have five years of documentary research behind us, we knew how to find this famous distance! The series embeds the proven facts. but also our intuitions on the political context of the time, POURSUIT STANKOVIC, We tried to reach a general rather than factual truth. Fictional characters allow us to assert certain elements without manipulating reality. And through their questions, we question the meaning of our civic commitment to all. »»

Saber operation, available on Arte.tv.