AS IF I AM NOT THERE

NATIONAL LEAGUE
IRELAND, MACEDONIA, SWEDEN
DIRECTOR: JUANITA WILSON
SERBIAN-CROATIAN-BOSNIAN VERSION WITH CZECH AND ENGLISH SUBTITLES / 2010 / 109 MIN.
CAST: NATASA PETROVIC, FEDJA STUKAN, STELLAN SKARSGÅRD, MIRAJ GRBIC, JELENA JOVANOVA

This film was inspired by actual events of the Balkan war. Based on a true story from a book of the same name by writer and journalist Slavenka Drakulić, it follows the fate of the young teacher, Samira, who is taken away from her village, along with the other women, by Serbian soldiers. She enters a new world where peace is a fairytale and where there are no homes, only camps – transit camp, reception camp, labour camp and death camp. The film frankly describes the inhuman treatment of these women and children, very few of whom survive till the liberation. We observe the horror of war and its consequences and are forced to think about how one should behave in such critical situations while still keeping a human face.

Lucerna

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