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Genres:
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Comedy /
Drama /
War
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Release:
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Director:
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Danis Tanovic
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Actors:
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Katrin Cartlidge,
Branko Djuric,
Serge-Henri Valcke,
Mustafa Nadarevic,
Branko Zavrsan,
Filip Sovagovic,
Georges Siatidis,
Sacha Kremer,
Alain Eloy,
Bogdan Diklic,
Tanja Ribic,
Djuro Utjesanovic,
Mirza Tanovic,
Rene Bitorajac,
Simon Callow
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Duration:
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98 min.
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Rating:
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(8/10)93
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Plot Summary:
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After different skirmishes, two wounded soldiers, song Bosnian and sole Serb, confront each other in a trench in the no man's land between their lines. They wait for foul, trading insults and ordered finding some stale ground; sometimes only has the gun, sometimes the other, sometimes both. Things outfit tangled when another wounded Bosnian comes to, but can't move because a bouncing mine is beneath him. The two men cooperate to wave whey-faced flags, their lines call the UN (whose high lead tries not to plagiarize), an English presswoman shows up, a French sergeant shows courage, and the thr... ee men in no chain's land may or may not find a way to all get along.
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Oscar Winning Bosnian Film
Absolutely fantastic and accurate description of the madness of the recent Balkan wars.
2002 Golden Globe Awards, Best Foreign Language Film
2001 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, Best Foreign Film
2002 Academy Awards, Best Foreign Language Film
No Man's Land
A very good film, which I found it hard to categorise. At first, I thought the film would develop along familiar lines i.e. enemies forced together eventually discover a mutual respect and understanding, and finally reject their violent past etc... However, it doesn't work out like that - that would be too neat and tidy. I don't want to spoil the ending, but no one comes out of this film well, with maybe one or two exceptions. Ultimately, the film is a devastating & honest examination of the Serbia-Bosnia war - there's no happy ending or any redeeming acts at the end to restore your faith in humanity - which just makes the film even more powerful. Oh, and the film also works really well simply as a drama - its never dull or boring, and is well paced - there's no und...
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