Homo sapiens

Homo sapiens

12 mins | Drama | Sept. 30, 1969

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.

Homo sapiens

12 mins | Drama | Sept. 30, 1969

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.
Producers Dunav Film
Original title Homo sapiens
Directors Vlatko Gilić
Writers Vlatko Gilić

Cast

Slobodan Aligrudić

as Čovek / The Man