Speleonaut – Under the Stone Sky / Speleonaut – Pod Kamenim Nebom

Speleonaut – Under the Stone Sky / Speleonaut – Pod Kamenim Nebom
Serbia, 2018, 57’

Director and Scriptwriter: Sonja Đekić

On the eve of Man’s conquest of the Moon, in the summer of 1969, 34-year-old Milutin Veljković set off to spend the following 15 months in a two-kilometer-long cave in Southeast Serbia, in a company of a dozen of hens and ducks, and a puppy. Veljković wasn’t just interested in beating the record in cave-dwelling – he aimed to penetrate into the universe of depth. This extraordinary deed is first revealed outside – through a series of portraits of interesting characters, all connected to Veljković. Unexpectedly, we enter the underground world. The various narrated fragments from Veljković’s detailed cave diary are brought to life: from his daily routines, such as making coffee and collecting insects – to the dramatic events of pulling out his own tooth, craving for a woman, fighting with the flood, and hallucinations.