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želi da otkupi i pretvori u svoj studio jednu fabriku iz socijalističkog perioda koju danas, budući da je van funkcije, koristi lokalno pozorište, a čiji glumci u ovom nestvarnom investicionom projektu vide jedinstvenu šansu za početak međunarodne filmske karijere.

caused by the presence of refugees waiting to get into the European Union. The production house came with an idea to buy and convert into one of its studios a closed factory from the socialist period, a building now used by a local theatre whose actors see this unreal investment project as a unique springboard for their international film career.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

Life of citizens in a small town near the border is interrupted by sudden news: a great Bollywood producer is coming to buy a small factory and open a big Bollywood studio there. This would result in many job opportunities, which is something that does not happen often is such a small town. The sudden news brought excitement amongst actors in the theatre, who decide to organize a recital, thus hoping to increase their chances of getting roles in a future Bollywood spectacle. The town is united by a common idea and collective enthusiasm, but life takes its own course full of unexpected events. Through this fairytale-like utopia of Bollywood's arrival to our country, a story is told about all of us and about the things we are prepared to do when a better future becomes a prospect. Bollywood's arrival thus becomes the background for a story about collapse of industry, xenophobia, disreputable privatization process, false worlds, while everything has been portrayed through song and dance under the slogan 'if they don’t have bread, let them eat cake.'

THE AUTHOR

MAJA PELEVIĆ was born in 1981 in Belgrade. She graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in 2005 and obtained her Ph.D. Degree at the Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Arts in Belgrade in 2012, Maja is a member of the New Drama Project. Her staged plays: ESCape, In Neutral Gear, Be a Lady for a Day, Belgrade-Berlin, Orange Peel, I or Someone Else, Jumpgirl, Hamlet Hamlet Eurotrash (with Filip Vujošević). Fake Porn and Fakebook (group of authors), Maybe We Are Mickey Mouse. Strange Loves, Consequences. A Fully Abridged History of Serbia (with Slobodan Obradović) and The Invisible One. Her plays have been translated into English. French, German, Russian, Norwegian, Polish, Slovakian, Czech, Hungar-

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