Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1993, two
soldiers from opposing sides, Nino and Ciki, are trapped in no man’s land.
Neither side, nor the U.N., seems willing to intervene to rescue the two men.
And, to make matters worse, a third soldier steps on a mine becoming a booby
trap raising the stakes.
No Man’s Land is the debut film
from writer-director Danis
Tanovic, who also composed its score. It is also, to date, his only great
film. He worked with cinematographer Walther van den Ende and
production designer Dusan Milavec.
The film stars Branko Djuric and Rene Bitorajac, who are both
wonderful in it, and features Simon
Callow and Katrin Cartlidge
in support.
Today, No Man’s Land is maybe
best known as the film that won the Best Foreign Film Oscar over Amelie
in 2002 – but that is unfortunate, as it is a special film that deserves all
the praise it gets (though, I will concede that Amelie is better – it is
personally my
favorite film of the 2000s). It also won AFI’s Audience Award for Best
Feature Film in addition to a Special Mention Grand Jury Prize and Best
Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival. It is one of the greatest war dramas of
the modern era and a must-see for fans of world cinema.
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