"A Serbian Film" making people puke during screenings*

From worstpreviews, "Serbian Film" is a horror movie that has already played at the SXSW festival, where it shocked audiences with its brutally violent visuals. The film is now playing at the Cannes festival where distributors are having a tough time sitting through the screening.

TwitchFilm is reporting that a person (buyer for a distributor) was so disturbed by what he saw on screen that he got up and tried to leave the theaters. Before making his way out, the person became so faint and disoriented that he collapsed at the exit, falling face first into the door, breaking his nose and leaving a puddle of blood on the floor.

This is not an isolated case. During SXSW, a woman ended up throwing up. And since the film is so disturbing, theater staff were given the option of not serving attendees during that particular screening.

"Serbian Film" revolves around a former male pornstar who signs on for an "artistically-designed" porn film that offered him a generous payment. As the filming begins, the man begins to suspect that the director's intentions may be darker than mere pornography.

*Today a patient puked in my office (in my trash can, thank god) immediately after informing him that his psychosis (paranoia) would most likely dissipate if he stopped smoking marijuana every evening.