Battery Man
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Biba Struja has no sweat or salivary glands. What this means, besides Biba having very dry skin, is that he can withstand large amounts of electricity. After discovering his powers, Biba began supporting himself and his family by performing on Serbian television and at fairs and other shows, where he turns on lightbulbs and cooks really big hot dogs with his hands, and two forks. After years of work (his fingernails have burned off), Biba wants to know what is going on with his body. But how to explain biology and physics to a man who says he doesn’t believe in science? It is lonely enough being a man who many people don’t want to shake hands with for fear of electric shock and who is viewed as a sideshow act, but it must be even lonelier when scientists explain that you aren’t that different from other humans. But can other humans withstand one million volts of electricity? JM
Directors
Dusan Cavic, Dusan Saponja
Producer
Snezana Penev
Editor
Djordje Markovic
Cinematographer
Damjan Radovanovic
Original Title
Biba Struja
Release Year
2012
Festival Year
2013
Country
Serbia
Run Time
54 minutes