The Other Side of Everything is a complex documentary about the last 100 years of the history of Yugoslavia (and later Serbia). But this is not your typical documentary. There are three intertwined stories in the movie. The first is about the Turajlic family - mainly about the movie director Mila Turajlic and her mother, Slobodanka, a university professor and political dissident. It tells the story of a family of intellectuals whose downfall started with the communist regime but was accelerated with the rise of Milosevic and later Vucic. The second storyline is about their apartment, which was split and partially seized by the communists. The family lives in their half of the original apartment, which is a testament to the history of both the family and the country. Finally, the third storyline shows historical moments that shaped the country, with an emphasis on the rise and fall of Milosevic's regime.
This is a brilliant documentary, and Mila Turajlic proves that she has a remarkable talent for telling a complex history of a country from a unique and complex perspective. This movie follows the turbulent history of Yugoslavia and Serbia and how it affected one family. It is a movie that anyone in Serbia could identify with, as everyone went through those struggles, and everyone at some point had similar thoughts of whether staying and living in Serbia was worth it or whether they should emigrate and never look back.
