Director Ili\u0107 shares his story about a soldier who never wanted to be one. During the Balkan Wars in the 1990s, he refused to be enlisted and was sent to military prison. Pretending to be mentally ill, he left the war zone and returned to Belgrade in a psychiatric institution.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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