Movie·2010·1h 49m
As If I Am Not There
Country
France
Language
Croatian
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The Story
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.
Producer
Nathalie Lichtenthaeler, Karen Richards
Cinematography
Tim Fleming
Music
Kiril Džajkovski
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Nataša Petrović
Samira
Feđa Štukan
The Captain
Jelena Jovanova Perikj
Jasmina
Sanja Burić
The Nurse
Irina Apelgren
Alisa
Zvezda Angelovska
Halida
Nikolina Kujača
Mirsada
Stellan Skarsgård
Doctor
Angela Stojanovska
Samira's Sister
Zoran Trajkovski
Samira's Father
Sofija Kunovska
Samira's Mother
Elpida Pakovska
Village Neighbour
Ivo Stojanovski
Village Neighbour's Husband
Filip Pešov
School Boy
Jana Mirčevska
School Girl
Kristijan Svetiev
Arresting Soldier
Miraj Grbić
Commander
Blagoj Veselinov
Threatening Soldier
// crew
Crew
Juanita Wilson
Director, Writer
Nathalie Lichtenthaeler
Producer
Karen Richards
Producer
Anna Carlsten
Executive Producer
Winfried Hammacher
Executive Producer
Kiril Džajkovski
Original Music Composer
Tim Fleming
Director of Photography
James Flynn
Producer
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