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Director
Juanita Wilson
Credits
Producers: Karen Richards, James Flynn, Nathalie Lichtenthaeler. Writers: Juanita Wilson, Slavenka Drakulić
Principal Cast
Natasha Petrovic, Fedja Fedja Štukan, Jelena Jovanova
Category
Feature
With the Academy Award-nominated short film The Door behind her, Irish writer-director Juanita Wilson delivered this haunting, affecting and visceral drama for her feature debut. Taking place in 1992 as Bosnia is plunged into war, the story, adapted from Croatian Slavenka Drakulić 2001 novel, sees young Muslim teacher Samira (Natasha Petrovic) move from Sarajevo to a remote village to replace the previous mysteriously-disappeared teacher. Before long before soldiers turn up, killing the men and moving the women and children to an abandoned airfield. Here, Samira is subjected to a horrific series of rapes and beatings at the hands of the bored, drunken soldiers until she finds cold comfort in the bed of the troop’s captain (Fedja Štukan). An exploration into what humans are prepared to do to survive, Wilson’s patient direction perfectly mirrors Petrovic’s quiet and elegant performance.
109 minutes, Ireland, 2010, Colour
ANORA 20:20
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: FRENCH CONNECTIONS (DOUBLE BILL) 12:10
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: A WOMAN OF PARIS 12.00
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: BEATING HEARTS 19.50
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: LA MUSICA 14.00
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: NIKI + Q&A 14.15
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: OUT OF SEASON 16.50
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: STÉPHANE BRIZÉ IN CONVERSATION 12.30
HOUSEWIFE OF THE YEAR 13:40, 18:30
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE 16:00, 18:10
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT 15:30
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR 20:30
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