Aleksandar Đurica
Birthday: 1969-11-01 Place of Birth: Novi Sad, Serbia
Synopsis
Aleksandar Đurica is a Serbian actor. He was 22 years old when the war started. Over the course of the war, he studied acting at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad and participated in street demonstrations against the war and the regime of Slobodan Milosevic. In his 15-year career, Djurica has worked steadily in film, TV and theater, in Vojvodina and Belgrade. He has received several awards for his work, and in 2008 he was nominated for best actor at the festival Grand Off, European Off Film Awards, for his work on the Milos Pusic's film "Lullaby for the Boy." He currently lives in Belgrade, where he is a member of National Theatre.
Acting
Leeches
Writer Petar Miric, at the time of the great social and political crisis in Serbia represents attitudes that conflict with the principles of the political regime. A close encounter with the State Security Authority leads him to life in paranoia and searching for the truth.
Soldier's Lullaby
Stevan Jakovljević, a biology teacher and World War I veteran who fought for the Serbian army, arrives to the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the end of the war and the opening of an ossuary in the village where he used to be stationed with his first company, the Fifth Artillery Battery. There he encounters only the aged Commander, and through their flashbacks we see the fate of the Fifth Battery which was disbanded in that very village.
