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My Beautiful Country (2012)

My Beautiful Country poster
Original title
My Beautiful Country - Die Brücke am Ibar
Directed by
Michaela Kezele
Genre
drama film
Country
Serbia, Croatia, Germany
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Serbian woman working as a translator for German peacekeepers in Kosovo in 1999 falls in love with a Serbian man from the other side of a bridge. Their relationship is complicated by wartime divisions and loyalties.

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What happens

Die Brücke am Ibar (English festival release title My Beautiful Country) is a 2012 German film directed by Michaela Kezele, set in 1999 during the Kosovo War. The film stars Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian actors Zrinka Cvitešić, Mišel Matičević, Andrija Nikcevic, and Nebojša Đorđević. The film received a Special Mention, German Cinema New Talent Category at the Munich Film Festival - Bayerischer Filmpreis 2013 – Young Talent Award, Audience prize at the Biberach Film Festival 2012, the Audience Award at the Arras Film Festival and the Diploma for Best Film at the Pula Film Festival. It also won the Torch Award for best film at the 14th Pyongyang International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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