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Dominican Rep. Esma's Secret - Grbavica
- Original title
- Grbavica (Sarajevo, mon amour)
- Year
- 2006
- Running time
- 90 min.
- Country
Bosnia and Herzegovina- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Mirjana Karanovic
Luna Mijovic
Leon Lucev- Kenan Catic
Jasna Beri
Dejan Acimovic
Bogdan Diklic
Emir Hadzihafizbegovic- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Bosnia and Herzegovina-Croatia-Austria-Germany;
- Genre
- Drama | Bosnian War
- Synopsis
- Single mother Esma lives with her 12-year-old daughter, Sara, in post-war Sarajevo. Sara wants to go on a school trip and Esma starts working as a waitress in a nightclub in order to earn the money. Sara makes friends with Samir, who, like Sara, has no father. Both of their fathers allegedly died as war heroes. Samir is surprised that Sara doesn’t know the circumstances of her father’s death. Samir’s own father was massacred by Chetniks near Zuc when he refused to leave the trench he was defending. And yet, whenever mother and daughter discuss this delicate topic, Esma’s responses are always vague. The situation becomes more complicated when the school offers to take pupils on the trip free of charge, provided they can furnish a certificate proving that they are the offspring of a war hero. Esma explains to Sara that her father’s corpse was never found and that she does not possess such a certificate. She promises to try to obtain the document. In reality she attempts to borrow the money Sara needs – from her friend, Sabine, from her aunt and from her boss.
Sara can’t get rid of the nagging feeling that something’s not right.-
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- Awards
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2006: Berlin Film Festival: Golden Bear2006: European Film Awards (EFA): 2 nominations2006: Sundance Film Festival: nominated to World Cinema Jury Prize (Dramatic).
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