As If I Am Not There (2010)

6.4/10 109 min Drama War

Overview

A harsh dose of cinematic realism about a harsh time – the Bosnian War of the 1990s – Juanita Wilson's drama is taken from true stories revealed during the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Samira is a modern schoolteacher in Sarajevo who takes a job in a small country village just as the war is beginning to ramp up. When Serbian soldiers overrun the village, shoot the men and keep the women as laborers (the older ones) and sex objects (the younger ones), Samira is subjected to the basest form of treatment imaginable.

Cast

Nataša Petrović

Samira

Feđa Štukan

The Captain

Jelena Jovanova Perikj

Jasmina

Zvezda Angelovska

Halida

Nikolina Kujača

Mirsada

Stellan Skarsgård

Doctor

Sofija Kunovska

Samira's Mother

Miraj Grbić

Commander

Blagoj Veselinov

Threatening Soldier

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