Ten-year-old Jovan was born with partial cerebral palsy. Shy, self-conscious and without many friends, he often escapes in his imagination to a place where he is a crime-fighting superhero not limited by his own body. His world shifts when a new girl arrives in his class. Milica, not intimidated by much, chooses the seat next to Jovan and immediately enlists him to help her free her father from his girlfriend, whom she is convinced is a witch who has placed her father under a spell.

“The Beheading of St John The Baptist” paints a portrait of a family and of jovan, its youngest member and black sheep. the entire story takes place in just one day, in one apartment, during the celebration of the beheading of st. john the baptist. john’s parents are hiding the fact that they are getting divorced from their son and their guests, and john is hiding from them that he is using drugs while hoping that aliens will save him from the hopeless and meaningless existence on earth.