Friday 24 February 2006

Grbavica (THE WINNER OF GOLD BEAR 2006)



Director: Jasmila Zbanic
Actors: Mirjana Karanovic, Luna Mijovic, Leon Lucev

Bosnian director, Jasmila Zbanic, has already achieved international recognition with her documentary films (Red Rubber Boots, Do You Remember Sarajevo). Her feature-film debut again focuses on the traumas of war, the subject of her previous works.

Grbavica - The Movie Originally uploaded by Die Seite 13.

In Grbavica the two main figures try to come to terms with the legacy of war. Esma's 12 year-old daughter, Sara, wants to go on a school trip. She believes that her father was a war hero and pesters her mother to give her the necessary document so that she can join the trip free of charge. But Esma does not have the document. She wants to protect her daughter and herself by concealing the truth about the war in Sarajevo and the circumstances surrounding Sara's birth.
(Taken from Berlinale Journal)

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