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A fascinating entry in the Yugoslav Black Wave — a cycle of films that began in the early 1960s that took an acerbic lens to contemporary Yugoslavian society — The Enemy adapts Dostoevsky's novel 'The Double' into a vicious modern satire. Shot in stark monochrome on the streets of Belgrade, the film follows the ideologically-driven factory worker Slobodan Antic. Resented by many of his colleagues for his political hectoring, Slobodan finds himself losing control of his life when his doppelgänger starts appearing around town — and worst of all, seems to be engaging in drunken bourgeoise decadence and undermining his political project. A rare screening of a darkly funny film that works as both a cutting allegory and an absorbing personal portrait of a man out of time within his world.

Ages 15+