During the September 2008 discussion between the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek and Bernard-Henri Lévy on the issues surrounding the historical and social significance of May 1968 in France , Žižek brought up '' Underground '' and Kusturica to Lévy by saying : " '' Underground '' I think is one of the most horrible films that I 've seen ... What kind of Yugoslav society you see in Kusturica 's '' Underground '' ? A society where people all the time fornicate , drink , fight - a kind of eternal orgy . " Lévy answered that he considers himself an " enemy of Kusturica , the man " , but that '' Underground '' is " not a bad movie " before going on to commend the film 's narrative structure and conclude that " Kusturica is one of the cases , we have some writers like this , where the man is so , so , so more stupid than his work " . Bosnian-American novelist Aleksandar Hemon criticized '' Underground '' in 2005 , saying that it downplayed Serbian atrocities by " presenting the Balkan war as a product of collective , innate , savage madness . " '' Underground '' won the Palme d'Or ( Golden Palm ) award at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival , considered the festival 's highest honor . It was director Emir Kusturica 's second such award after '' When Father Was Away on Business '' . '' Underground '' was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee
68th Academy Awards
68th Academy Awards
Underground (1995 film)