Despite some heavy-handed moments, it's hard not to be struck by the horror on display, especially knowing that director Antonijević and writer Nataa Drakulić based their screenplay on survivor testimony and court transcripts.
Read full articleThe veneer of historical reality is thin on the baldly nativist and manipulative Serbian World War II movie "Dara of Jasenovac
Read full articleThinly disguised propaganda, cynically using the Holocaust to push a troubling nativist agenda.
Read full articleIt's a shame, as this chapter of history, and the people who died, deserves more than to be used as a stick to poke people through cheap sentimentality...
Read full articleIt tells a potent story of love and hate while opening eyes to an ugly slice of history that (hopefully) we all can come together and condemn.
Read full articleHowever well-intentioned this one is or isn't, its hamfistedness ultimately does the subject a disservice, creating exactly the kind of transparent "awards-bait" cinema that doesn't win awards.
Read full articleHelps us to remember a genocide by Serbia, but will it prevent others from the same, given the right conditions?
Read full article...serves as little more than an endurance test, as opposed to an engaging, thought-provoking film.
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