Each segment has a distinct visual palette, moving from the "unpretentious hullabaloo" of the 90s to a grandiose, "pristine brightness" in the final chapter.
Through the character of Nada, the film explores how women often navigate these shifting power structures, sometimes acting as the architects of their husbands' moral decay to ensure family survival. Cinematic Structure and Influence Heavens.Above.2021.MULTi.1080p.HMAX.WEB-DL.H264...
Srđan Dragojević’s 2021 film Heavens Above ( Nebesa ) is a sprawling, triptych dark comedy that skewers the intersection of religion, capitalism, and morality in post-communist Eastern Europe. Spanning three decades—1993, 2001, and 2026—the film follows a group of characters through surreal "miracles" that reveal the opportunistic and often cynical ways people adapt ancient faith to modern greed. Miracles as Catalysts for Corruption Each segment has a distinct visual palette, moving
Dragojević uses these surreal events to critique the rapid transition from state atheism to fervent, often performative, religious nationalism. Ultimately, Heavens Above is less about the divine
The film's narrative engine is the "miracle," used not as a sign of divine grace but as a disruptive force that exposes human frailty.
Ultimately, Heavens Above is less about the divine and more about the "foolishness of characters" who prove themselves unworthy of the wonders they receive. It is a bleak prophecy that suggests that in the face of the miraculous, humanity’s default setting remains self-preservation and the pursuit of the "Golden Calf". Locarno 2021 review: Heavens Above (Srdjan Dragojevic)
Unlike traditional religious films, Heavens Above is a "nihilistic farce". It suggests that miracles do not change people for the better; they merely provide new tools for exploitation and social climbing.