Next to You
(2023)
★ 3.5 IMDb · 1 votes
Year: 2023
Runtime: 115 мин
Country: Serbia
Director: Stevan Filipović
Cast: Мириам Маргулис, Arnaud Humbert, Исидора Симионович, Viktor Savić, Nikola Rakočević, Branislav Trifunović, Svetlana Bojković, Tihomir Stanić, Nikola Glišić, Горан Евтич
Plot
Set five years on from the school days of director Stevan Filipovic's previous film Next to Me, a state of emergency exists and politicians are accused of capitalising on public anxiety around Covid-19, which makes the shocking situation that reunites the characters significantly more extreme. The story centres on Ksenija (newcomer Mina Nikolic), a driven young woman striving to move from tabloid hack to a career journalist in a world of click-bait headlines and showbiz scandals cooked up to feed the masses. Ksenija's personal and professional journey is hampered when Vera tests positive for Coronavirus and Ksenija must question how far she will bend to survive in a climate where political pressure is increasingly overt and can be said to capitalise on fear during the pandemic.