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As If I Am Not There (2010)

As If I Am Not There (2010)

Drama War
Release Date: 2010, July 26
Directors: Juanita Wilson
Countries: Germany, France, Ireland, Macedonia, Sweden
Production: Octagon Films, Film i Väst, Sektor Film, W2 Filmproduktion und Vertriebs, WMG Film, Wide Eye Films, Element Pictures, Eurimages
Cast: Marija Milicevic, Stellan Skarsgård, Miraj Grbić, Aleksandar Mikic, Feđa Štukan, Slagjana Vujošević, Saško Kocev, Jelena Jovanova Perikj, Nino Levi, Blagoj Veselinov, Nataša Petrović, Igor Angelov

Overview:

A harsh dose of cinematic realism about a harsh time – the Bosnian War of the 1990s – Juanita Wilson's drama is taken from true stories revealed during the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Samira is a modern schoolteacher in Sarajevo who takes a job in a small country village just as the war is beginning to ramp up. When Serbian soldiers overrun the village, shoot the men and keep the women as laborers (the older ones) and sex objects (the younger ones), Samira is subjected to the basest form of treatment imaginable.

Keywords:

woman director