Grbavica (2006)

Directed by

Jasmila Žbanić

Genre

drama film, war film, art film

Country

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Austria

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

15

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 89 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A single mother and her teenage daughter live in Sarajevo years after the Bosnian War. The film shows how the war's trauma still affects their everyday lives and relationships.

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What happens

Grbavica is a 2006 film by Jasmila Žbanić about the life of a single mother in contemporary Sarajevo in the aftermath of systematic rapes of Bosniak women by Serbian soldiers during the Bosnian War. It was released in the United Kingdom as Esma's Secret: Grbavica, and in US as Grbavica: Land of My Dreams. The film shows, through the eyes of the main character Esma, her teenage daughter Sara, and others, how everyday life is still being shaped by the Bosnian War of the 1990s. The film was an international co-production between companies from Bosnia, Austria, Croatia, and Germany; it received funding from the German television companies ZDF and Arte. Grbavica received an enthusiastic response from critics, earning a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It won the Golden Bear at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival and it was Bosnia and Herzegovina's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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