Where Eskimos Live (2002)

Directed by

Tomasz Wiszniewski

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, Poland, United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man posing as a UNICEF rescuer picks up a war orphan in Bosnia. They travel together through the war-torn country, struggling to survive and escape, and find love and compassion along the way.

grittytenseharrowingpoignantatmosphericsomberforebodingredemptive

What happens

Where Eskimos Live (Polish: Tam, gdzie żyją Eskimosi) is a feature film released in 2002. It was a Polish-American-British and Germany co-operation. Sharkey, posing as a UNICEF rescuer of war orphans but really part of the sinister world of child trafficking, picks up Vlado, an orphan of war dreaming of freedom and a better life. They embark upon a strange and enlightening journey through war-torn Bosnia. As they struggle to leave the country and fight to stay alive, they discover love and compassion from which emerges moral and spiritual redemption. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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