Irena Mulamuhić

A young journalist is sent to a small Bosnian town to interview people on happiness. He mixes up with local affair and has a romance with a student. He gets a shock when he finds out that he is going to be important due to childhood mumps.

Since Zlatan fled the war in former Yugoslavia, his contact with his homeland has only consisted of him regularly sending money to his old aunt who is the only surviving relative there. Now his adult daughter is set on visiting Sarajevo (Zlatan’s hometown) together with him in order to walk the streets of his youth and hear his story. Despite initial unwillingness, Zlatan lets himself be persuaded and the reunion with the home country brings both absurd surprises and secrets from the past.

Sabina, a divorced mother of two small children, falls in love with an old friend from the Bosnian war. The two plan to marry, but things go terribly wrong.

Family Susic lives everyday Bosnian story. Father Muhamed (63) is employed in a reputable company; mother Marija (60) is retired. Son Sasa (35), who spent the war in Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, lives with his parents, while their daughter Senada (40) lives in Slovenia. Their life begins to fall apart because of father's dissatisfaction after his company is sold on the stock exchange, Sasa's negligent attitude towards work and family, Marija's breast cancer diagnose. When problems begin to line up Muhamed and Sasa realize that actually only family is important, that it is man's last oasis

Bosnie, 1997. Quatre jeunes femmes, deux vieilles dames,quatre fillettes, un vieil homme et un jeune garçon vivent à Slavno, un village dévasté par la guerre. Leurs familles ont été tuées et les corps n’ont jamais été retrouvés. À force de vivre en présence de leurs disparus, les femmes du village se sont créées un monde très particulier dans lequel ce qui n’est pas là est bien là. Alors qu’elles essaient de vivre en maintenant intacts leurs souvenirs et leurs rêves, elles ont fait de leur village un pays idéal, sans même s’en rendre compte.

À travers le regard de 13 cinéastes européens, le film explore ce que Sarajevo représente dans l’histoire européenne depuis un siècle et de ce qu’elle incarne dans l’Europe d’aujourd’hui. De générations et d’origines diverses, ces auteurs marquants du cinéma contemporain proposent autant d’écritures et de regards singuliers.

What could be a beautiful fairy tale for some - boy meets girl - could also be the beginning of a horror film for Faruk. The young man is crushed between the dark world of his criminal cousins in Sarajevo and the discovery of love. The film powerfully visualises and contrasts a harshness and tenderness experienced and dreamed.

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