''Besa'' ( sr, Беса) is a Serbian-British
television series
A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed be ...
produced by
Adrenalin and Red Planet Pictures.
Synopsis
Inspired by a true story and from an original idea by
Srđan Šaper
Srđan Šaper ( sr-cyr, Срђан Шапер; born October 9, 1958) is a founder of I&F McCann Grupa. He is also well known as a founder and a member of the Yugoslav new wave band Idoli in the 1980s.P. Janjatović, Idoli, YU rock enciklopedija ...
, the plot follows Uroš, a family man and a businessman from Belgrade who kills the daughter of Dardan, an Albanian drug lord, in a road accident. To atone for her death and in order to protect the lives of his own family, he is forced to start working as a hitman for the
Albanian mob.
Besa is an Albanian cultural precept, usually translated as "faith" or "oath", that means "to keep the promise" and "word of honor".
Production
''Besa'' brought together writer/producer
Tony Jordan
Tony Jordan (born 21 July 1957) is a British television writer. He was listed as the number one television screenwriter in the United Kingdom by ''Broadcast'' magazine in 2008 and among British broadcasting's top twenty in ''The Stage'' in 20 ...
and several Serbian screenwriters and script doctors, as well as international and regional actors, in creating the first TV series in the Adriatic region that compares with the standards of British television drama.
Besa features a mixture of local and international talent, with
Taken costars Radivoje Bukvić and Arben Bajraktaraj playing the leads.
Director
Dušan Lazarević previous credits include Misfits, Vera, Death In Paradise, Silent Witness. The series gathered more than 200 actors from the entire territory of the former Yugoslavia, as well as foreign actors from Albania, United Kingdom and France.
Besa was set up as an international co-production between
Adrenalin an
Red Planet Pictures It was filmed for 120 days on numerous attractive locations throughout the Balkans. International sales and Distribution is handled by MBC Studios.
The second season was shot from 2020 to 2021 in
Montenegro
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Serbia
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and
Estonia
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Awards
At FEDIS, the 9th International festival of domestic television series, ''Besa ''won the Golden Antenna award for Best TV series produced in Serbia, as well as for Best Music by composer Nemanja Mosurović and Best Photography by the director of photography Igor Šunter.
Cast and Characters
References
External links
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Serbian television series
Television shows set in Serbia
Television shows filmed in Serbia
Television shows filmed in Montenegro
Television shows filmed in Estonia