Bastards of Utopia

ThreeCroatianactivistsfighttochangetheworld.Aschildren,theylivedthroughthecollapseofYugoslavia.Butnow,amidtheaftershocksofsocialism'sfailure,theyfightintheirownwayforanewleftism.Whetherclashingwithpoliceorsquattinginanoldfactory,theseactivistsriskeverythingtolivetheirpolitics.InthemiddleofitallaskepticalAmericaniswonoverbytheircauseandevengoestojailwiththem.Butasthesetbacksmount,willtheyallgiveupthefight?Thefilm,shotduringyearsoffieldworkwithaCroatiananarchistcollective,appliesEnMasseFilm'suniqueblendofobservation,directparticipationandcriticalreflectiontothismisunderstoodpoliticalmovement.Itsportrayalofactivismisbothempatheticandunflinching-anengaged,elegantmeditationonthestruggletore-imagineleftistpoliticsandthepowerofacountry'syouth.