Pretty Dyana

An intimate look at Gypsy refugees in a Belgrade suburb who make a living by transforming Citroens classic 2cv and Dyana cars into Mad Maxlike recycling vehicles which they use to collect cardboard bottles and scrap metal These modern horses are much more efficent than the cartpushing competition but even more important they also mean freedom hope and style for their crafty owners Even the car batteries are used as power generators in order to get some light watch TV and recharge mobiles Almost an alchemists dream come true But police doesnt always find these strange vehicles funny Pretty Dyana is a very funny documentary but sad in a way If Mitic had focused only on the terrible misery these people live in the film would have been unbearable Instead you never know whether you should cry after you laugh or the other way around Sara Hultmanm Goteborg Film Festival