Remake (2003)

Directed by

Dino Mustafić

Genre

drama film

Country

Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Turkey

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows a father in Sarajevo during World War II and his son during the Siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s. Both stories move forward in parallel, showing how each generation faces war as a young person.

emotionalintimatebittersweetsoberingreflectivepersonalpoignantgenerational

What happens

Remake is a 2003 Bosnian war film directed by Dino Mustafić, and produced by Enes Cviko and Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre. The film is a Turkish-French co-production. The film stars Ermin Bravo, Aleksandar Seksan, Ermin Sijamija, Dejan Aćimović, Lucija Šerbedžija, Emir Hadžihafizbegović, Miraj Grbić, François Berléand, Évelyne Bouix, and was written by Zlatko Topčić (based on incidents which occurred in his life). Remake tells the parallel coming-of-age stories of a father living in Sarajevo during World War II and his son living through the Siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. The film premiered at the 32nd International Film Festival Rotterdam on January 23, 2003. The film's US premiere was at the 2004 Wine Country Film Festival (San Francisco), where it won three awards: Best First Feature, Best Actor (Bravo) and Award for Peace and Cultural Understanding. It won a Special Mention Award at the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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