Bogdan Diklic, Dejan Acimovic, Emir Hadzihafisbegovic
Jasmila Zbanic's debut movie focuses on the Balkan War's painful aftermath on a Bosnian woman and her daughter. Esma is living with her 12-year-old daughter Sara in Grbavica, a quarter of the Bosnian ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 12, 2007
Stats: 132 reviews
very realistic and set in bosnia, all the characters have depth. the script is not amazing but the general story is well thought out and portrayed on screen gracefully and at an average pace. the best thing about this film for me was it's all new to me. i'd never seen a film made...( read more)
A fantastic film that like so many others has the most simple of premises but is rich in character complexities and emotions. War torn Bosnia is relegated to the background which makes it all the more powerful, the way mass graves and dead husbands/fathers as ordinarily as the we...( read more)
Super-good. Brilliant story that is a nice look at post-war Sarajevo. Having been in middle school during the war, much of the particulars were lost on me. This film was a great way to learn about the atrocities of that period through the eyes of a mother and daughter who surv...( read more)
This is the most realistic and heart breaking movie I've seen in years.
Conmovedora, sobre todo para quienes seguimos la guerra entre serbios y bosnios en los 90, y nos preguntamos luego qué habrá sido de los bosnios. La narrativa compacta, la atención a los detalles y el sutil manejo de cámara son pros.
I really liked this film
Sensitive... The acting is also good and simple directed.
If u r involved politically with some of the sides then avoid to watch it. If not. GO ON!
Creo que es la primera peli que veo de Bosnia y Herzegovina y me encanta.
muestra todo lo que una madre hacer por un hijo es sencillamente hermosa con una fotografía de las que me gusta sencilla pero no dejada al azar
Esma, for me, is a symbol of all mothers, who always are worried about their children, no matter how this chil is.
Comparing to the Bosnian Oscar winner "No Man's Land", this movie is a masterpiece and the annual winner of the "Golden Bear" i Berlin. Though, the main role is played by the brilliant Serbian actress Mirjana Karanovic (Esma). Esma, a Bosniak woman living in post-war Sarajevo, ha...( read more)
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