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16:48 2002-04-02
"THIS FILM IS SURE TO BE A SUCCESS IN RUSSIA"
No
Man's Land, a Bosnian movie directed and written by Danis Tanovic, will probably
soon appear in
Moscow cinemas. The 2001 Belgium - Bosnia - France -
Italy - Britain production won an Oscar as a
foreign-language film this
year. This is the first multireel film by the Bosnian documentalist
producer.
Earlier, the film picked up a Golden Globe as the best
foreign-language film and a Cannes Prize for the
best script in
2001.
Danis Tanovic dedicated the film (tragicomedy) to probably
the saddest period in the history of his
country. The events take place
during the Bosnian war in 1993, when the violence between
Bosnian
Serbs, Muslims, and Croats was at its peak. The war drama is
about three soldiers in the war and
mostly about relations between
Bosnian Serbs and Muslims. In addition, the audience may see
the
activity of the UN peacekeepers in the conflict.
The
soldiers, Bosnian Muslim Ciki (played by Branko Djuric) and Nino from Serbia
(Rene Bitorajac), find
themselves between the front lines on no man's
land, a neutral territory, in a deadlock. They are trapped in the bottom of
a
trench and are fired upon from both front lines by the two armies.
Landmines are everywhere, and an explosion may be
triggered if a single
wrong step is taken. A wounded friend of Nino and Ciki is lying on a landmine
that will explode if he is
removed. UN peacekeepers soon enter the
site, who do not even talk to the soldiers. The whole of the world reads
the
sad story written about the soldiers by reporters, who are at the
front line as well. The situation is interpreted in an
ironical,
somewhat comical manner, although it ends in a catastrophe.
As it
is known, Sarajevo used to be a multi-ethnic city, and Bosnia was a multi-ethnic
republic before the war. Now, the
majority of the population there is
made up by Bosnian Muslims, as Serbs have have fled. The Serbian republic is the
only
refuge for Serbs, as mentioned in the film as
well.
Many foreign critics think that the film poses serious
political and philosophical problems that are well-combined with "
the
Balkan free-and-easy spirit." However, it is still a fact that no
impartial and serious film about Bosnia's tragic events and
the Balkan
bloodshed of the 1990s has yet been made. (Rane by Srdjan Dragojevic (1998) is
probably an exception
here). The explanation is easy: no financing will
be appropriated for a film of this kind.
Tanovic is too cautious
and flexible in his appraisals concerning the reasons for and the initiators of
the conflict. He
merely demonstrates but does not explains the war. The
film is filled with pacifism. Why has this film been so awarded
abroad?
Tanovic has been living in France for the last several years; Italian and French
sources have financed the film.
Everything said in the film was
correct, although the problem is really very pressing.
One Russian
movie critics said that the film is sure to be a success in Russia, as we will
be able to forget our own
problems against the background of the
problems of the Balkans. This idea seems to be really "wise," maybe even
a
truthful. Mostly people of narrow interests will go to see the movie,
and they are unlikely to get at the heart of the matter.
Sergey
Yugov
PRAVDA.Ru
Translated by Maria Gousseva
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