Klopka (
English: The Trap,
Serbian: Клопка,
Klopka) is a 2007 film directed by
Srdan Golubović, based on the novel of the same name, written by
Nenad Teofilović.
The film is a
neo-noir dealing with the age old question of how far is a parent willing to go to help the ailing child. Simultaneously, it also explores the issues and challenges faced by the people living in post-
Milošević Serbian society.
Plot
Intro
The film opens with Mladen Pavlović (Nebojša Glogovac), sporting bumps and bruises on his face, nervously smoking a cigarette while talking to the unrevealed individual(s) in an unidentified time frame. Among other things, he says that he is trying to "do this one thing right, after a series of wrongs that never should have happened".