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Juanita WilsonForgatókönyvíró:
Juanita WilsonOperatőr:
Tim FlemingZeneszerző:
Kiril DzajkovskiSzereplők:
Natasa Petrovic, Fedja Stukan, Miraj Grbic, Stellan Skarsgård, Nikolina Kujaca, Sanja Buric, Sasko Kocev, Kristina Brändén Whitaker, Igor Angelov (több)Tartalmak(1)
The feature debut of the Irish director, Juanita Wilson, who was awarded an Oscar for her first short film, The Door. How does war transform a person? Is it even possible for an individual to reconcile with their experience and their behaviour? A young teacher leaves Sarajevo for work in the mountains. The following day, she is captured by Yugoslavian soldiers and deported to a prison camp. This story provides a very persuasive and intimate insight into the psyche of a girl who suddenly becomes a war victim. Convincingly, the film shows the unpredictability of war and the uncertainty of day to day survival. (Febiofest)
(több)Recenziók (4)
A koncentrációs táborokban elszenvedett szenvedésekről szóló filmes beszámolók további változata. Nyers, csendes dráma a Bosznia-Hercegovinában 1992 és 1995 között nők (és kislányok) ellen elkövetett szörnyűségekről. Egy fiatal nő szemével nézve, aki rosszkor volt rossz helyen. Szinte az egész film egy női táborban játszódik, fullasztó légkörben, egy kietlen, három barakkból álló területen. A legtöbb kellemetlen dolog (a gyilkosság, a nemi erőszak, a megaláztatás) a képernyőn kívül zajlik, de van egy naturalista jelenet is - és ez hosszabb, mint amit a néző elviselne. A minimalista Natasa Petrovic a főszerepben megfelelő, Skarsgård cameója pedig élvezetes. A film a végén a tábor nyomasztó tanúságtételéből átfordul a szörnyű tettek következményeiről való elmélkedéssé, amelyekkel a főszereplőnek nemcsak az emlékeiben kell együtt élnie, hanem saját vérként is el kell majd fogadnia a családban... Nem tudok 4*-ot adni - a film második fele (a kapitánnyal való viszony) kevésbé hihető a szereplők pszichológiája és cselekedeteik tekintetében. Még így is erőteljes, felejthetetlen élményt nyújt, amelytől nem lesz könnyű elaludni.
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I am surprised this film was made by the Irish, considering it takes place at the Balkans. I don’t think the Balkans have anything to be embarrassed about. What this film shows really happened in their countries in the nineties and it was so disgusting that when trying to describe the Balkan war, I am often left speechless. This film often lacked more dialogue or at least clear explanations. Everything relied on the audience explaining everything for themselves. Sometimes the camera shots were so drastic that if you saw them in real life, it would be really hard to recover from. Similar shots are featured in the Russian war movie Come and See. Like I say, As If I Am Not There is a really hard film to process. The Balkan war woke the worst instincts in the local men and developed them to the maximum. I don’t say other wars didn’t do that as well, but here it is still pretty recent.
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As If I Didn't See It. Check out the poster and keep yourself engaged for 40 minutes. Congratulations, you're almost halfway through the movie. The Bosnian-Serbian conflict is sadly starting to become my cinematic nemesis, because after the awful Twice Born, this is yet another whiny tryst of apathetic women in the same setting, where you can still see the unsteady hand of a not-very-talented debutante unable to trouble the cast and crew enough to achieve the rawness and authenticity of the scenes depicted. All of that is simulated here instead by the barn in the field and the main character's expression, which only raises the suspicion that she might be made out of rubber. In the end, though, the worst part of the film is the director's decision not to make any comment on the political background to the conflict, and unless you have some exposure to the period, you won't be able to tell what kind of oppression she is suffering under. Thus, it becomes not an account of the horrors of war perpetrated on women, but a purely ideological war of weak women against uncouth and stupid men.
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A strong story, no doubt about it. A young woman goes to a problematic country to teach there. It's not a distant country, but it is Bosnia and Herzegovina. The woman suffers here, and her suffering is portrayed with incredible camera work, which definitely has the right, unpleasant effect on viewers. However, I can't help but feel that the film didn't make such a strong impression on me.
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