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Writer: Danis Tanovic
Cast: Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Sovagovic
Genre: War Drama
Foreign Language with subtitles
about: 1993, during the Bosnia and Herzegovina conflict.
Two soldiers from opposing sides of the war become trapped in a trench...in no man's land. The two enemies are at each others throats, as a third soldier is trapped laying on a live bobby trap mine. If he's moved, the mine will explode.
Review: No Man's Land, won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Picture of the Year 2002.
This small budgeted film packs a huge wallop as it tells a very personal telling of the futility of the Bosnia and Herzegovina conflict. I thought this was well made and I thought the scenes (the sets and the way it was filmed) all looked very real to me. The movie felt like I was there, which is just what the movie needed to do, to be believable...and this was believable!
It was filmed in almost documentary style and I think that was appropriate for the subject matter. Luckily there was no fancy camera work or ultra fast edits or overbearing music score. Nicely done film.
I didn't expect light humor arising from the situation on the battle field, but the humor kept the film from being too dark and some of it was quiet clever. And the latter scenes where the UN 'tries' to help was clearly a double edged meaning to the failed attempt by the UN to bring the real war to a speedy end. The film makes a strong statement about war...but you'll have to watch it to see what that statement is.
BTW, the end scene will leave an impression on you.
No Man's Land (2001)
Director: Danis TanovicWriter: Danis Tanovic
Cast: Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Sovagovic
Genre: War Drama
Foreign Language with subtitles
about: 1993, during the Bosnia and Herzegovina conflict.
Two soldiers from opposing sides of the war become trapped in a trench...in no man's land. The two enemies are at each others throats, as a third soldier is trapped laying on a live bobby trap mine. If he's moved, the mine will explode.
Review: No Man's Land, won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Picture of the Year 2002.
This small budgeted film packs a huge wallop as it tells a very personal telling of the futility of the Bosnia and Herzegovina conflict. I thought this was well made and I thought the scenes (the sets and the way it was filmed) all looked very real to me. The movie felt like I was there, which is just what the movie needed to do, to be believable...and this was believable!
It was filmed in almost documentary style and I think that was appropriate for the subject matter. Luckily there was no fancy camera work or ultra fast edits or overbearing music score. Nicely done film.
I didn't expect light humor arising from the situation on the battle field, but the humor kept the film from being too dark and some of it was quiet clever. And the latter scenes where the UN 'tries' to help was clearly a double edged meaning to the failed attempt by the UN to bring the real war to a speedy end. The film makes a strong statement about war...but you'll have to watch it to see what that statement is.
BTW, the end scene will leave an impression on you.