Gavrilo

TERRIFYING FORCES AND NEW FELLOWS - The face and counterface of one of the most momentous events of the 20th century, presented precisely at its 100th anniversary. The shot, that has triggered World War One, has also shaken the vantage points of life and art.

In the same time, young writers and painters in Vienna also feel that a moment of major change is approaching… It seems that the great city has become too tight for their ideas. The eponymous shot at the archduke triggers a series of events that carve themselves deep into the collective memory of all Europeans. World War One alters the perceptions of its participants, but also changes the way how to write, to paint… The despised Gavrilo, still a teenager, spends his last days in jail, not even dreaming about the possibility that some free spirits from Vienna plan his escape…

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