Homo sapiens
The first film in Vlatko Gilić’s Sisyphean trilogy, Homo sapiens follows a suited man as he takes a trek back and forth across a sandy desert to fill an oversized barrel using a woefully small tub of water. Shot in stark black and white and edited to achieve a dreamlike quality, the man’s devotion to this task is tested and taunted by a young couple that frolics around the barrel.
- Year: 1969
- Country: Yugoslavia
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Dunav Film
- Keyword: beach, avant-garde
- Director: Vlatko Gilić
- Cast: Slobodan Aligrudić