Nazif tries to keep his family together, body and soul, by collecting scrap iron. One day he must take his pregnant wife to the clinic. Because they have no insurance, the woman will have to pay €500 for a necessary operation. Unfortunately, the hospital administration isn’t overly concerned about a poor Roma family.… With the feel of a documentary in which director Danis Tanović entrusted the main roles to nonactors, the film criticizes the corrupted moral compass of contemporary Bosnia.
Nazif and Senada live with their two daughters in a dilapidated house in a remote Bosnian village. The father tries to keep the family fed by collecting scrap iron. One day, however, he has to bring the pregnant Senada to the hospital in nearby Tuzla. Because the family does not have health insurance, Senada has to pay 500 euros for her operation, and the hospital staff has no understanding for the poor Roma family’s situation. Nazif has just a few days to try to find a way out and save Senada’s life.... In his fifth feature film, director Danis Tanović takes advantage of the possibility of looking at real human tragedy as an engaged documentary filmmaker. The main roles in this critique of contemporary Bosnia’s broken moral compass are played by non-actors: Nazif Mujić and Senada Alimanović play themselves. At the 2013 Berlinale, the film was awarded the Jury Grand Prix, as well as a Best Actor Silver Bear for Mujić.
75 min / Color, DCP
Director Danis Tanović
/ Screenplay Danis Tanović
/ Dir. of Photography Erol Zubčević
/ Editor Timur Makarević
/ Producer Amra Bakšić Čamo, Čedomir Kolar
/ Production SCCA/PRO.BA - Sarajevo Center for Contemporary Art, Asap Films, Vertigo E-motionfilm
/ Cast Nazif Mujić, Senada Alimanović, Sandra Mujić, Šemsa Mujić
/ Contact The Match Factory, Artcam Films
/ Distributor Artcam Films
Danis Tanović (b. 1969, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina) studied intermedia directing at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Sarajevo, where he spent the first two war years as the head of the documentary film archive. His journalistic reports earned international fame. In 1995–1997, he studied directing in Brussels, where he shot several documentary films. He had a highly successful debut with the tragicomedy No Man’s Land (2000), which earned him an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, the European Film Award, a Best Screenplay Award at Cannes, and a César Award for Best Debut. He followed up with a segment in the anthology film 11’09’’01 (2002), Hell (L’enfer, 2004) – a drama based on a script by Krzysztof Kieślowski – Triage (2009) and Circus Columbia (2010).
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