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Grbavica
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2006 film by Jasmila Žbanić
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6.9A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.
Cast
- Mirjana Karanović as Esma
- Luna Mijović as Sara
- Leon Lučev as Pelda
- Kenan Ćatić as Samir
- Jasna Beri as Sabina
- Dejan Aćimović as Čenga
Themes
- depression
- right and justice
- rape
- sense of guilt
- becoming an adult
- parent child relationship
- war crimes
- suppressed past
- bosnia and herzegovina
- woman director
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
6,963 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
98%
Metacritic
71/100
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Awards
- 12 wins & 7 nominations
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jasmila Žbanić
- Written by
- Jasmila Žbanić , Barbara Albert
- Produced by
- Tanja Aćimović, Damir Ibrahimović
- Starring
- Mirjana Karanović , Luna Mijović
- Distributed by
- Dogwoof Pictures
- Release dates
- 12 February 2006 ( 2006-02-12 ) ( BIFF ) 1 March 2006 ( 2006-03-01 ) (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 15 December 2006 ( 2006-12-15 ) (UK)
- Running time
- 90 minutes
- Countries
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Croatia, and Germany
- Language
- Bosnian
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grbavica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.