The Parade (2011)

Storyline :

The Parade 2011 A homophobic, middle aged, Serbian gangster ends up sacrificing himself to protect Gay freedom in his country RADMILO 35 and MIRKO 30 are young and successful gay couple, and they would be a happy couple anywhere else except in Serbia They try to live discreetly but still, every day they are abused by the homophobic majority Plus, Mirko is a gay rights activist, and his dream is to organize the first successful PRIDE event in Belgrade This is almost a mission impossible in 2001, an attempt to hold PRIDE in Belgrade ended up in bloodshed One decade later, the situation is not much better nationalist and neo Nazi organizations prepare another massacre in case of holding the gay parade, while the police refuse to provide protection for the participants A strange couple arrives in Radmilos and Mirkos life LEMON 45 an ex criminal and war veteran, the owner of a small security company and his fiance PEARL 30 a beauty parlor owner Radmilo, a successful veterinarian, performs a life saving operation Lemons pit bull terrier, the victim of a drive by shooting that served as a warning to the dogs master Mirko runs an agency that organizes sophisticated weddings and now he has the ultimate nightmare clients Pearl and Lemon The encounter between these two worlds ends in disaster yet another humiliation for Radmilo and Mirko Mirko had enough not long ago he received Immigrant Visa from Canada and wants to leave the country forever Radmilo is ready for a desperate measures to keep his partner and their relationship He offers a deal to Lemon, asking that Lemons agency provide protection for the Belgrade Pride In return, Mirko will organize the wedding party for Pearl and Lemon Lemon reluctantly accepts, but his staff refuses to protect homosexuals Put in a tight spot, Lemon thinks of his dear enemies from the ex Yu wars LEMON and RADMILO embark on a recruiting trip all over ex Yugoslavia They manage to sign up for their mission NIKO 45 a Croat war veteran, HALIL 40, a Bosnian Muslim, and AZEM 45, an Albanian from Kosovo But the handful of samurai are yet to face their greatest challenge THE PARADE, in a tragicomic way, tells the story about ongoing battle between two worlds in contemporary post war Serbian society the traditional, oppressive, homophobic majority and a liberal, modern and open minded minority