Cirkus Columbia (2010)

Directed by

Danis Tanović

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Bosnia and Herzegovina, France

Runtime

1h 53m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his hometown in Herzegovina after many years abroad. He reconnects with his estranged wife and grown children against the uneasy calm before the Yugoslav Wars.

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What happens

Cirkus Columbia is a 2010 Bosnian drama film starring Miki Manojlović, Mira Furlan, Boris Ler and Jelena Stupljanin. The film is set in the Herzegovina part of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the early 1990s, after the dissolution of Yugoslavia, and slightly before the Yugoslav Wars. It tells an emotional story of a man coming back to his hometown after many years abroad and dealing with his past and current family, using the political dealings of the region as a backdrop. It is based on the novel Cirkus Columbia by well known Bosnian Croat writer Ivica Đikić. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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