No Man's Land, director Danis Tanovi´'s wise, humane, surprisingly funny movie -- and recent winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film -- eloquently shows that war is as absurd as it is horrifying. Trapped in a trench between opposing front lines, Bosnian soldier Ciki (Djuri´) must get along with Serbian enemy Nino (Bitorajac) in order to save his friend Cera (Filip Sovagovi´). Zeroing in on this unlucky trio, Tanovi´ -- who also wrote the sharp screenplay and low-key music -- gets at the heart of a conflict that even well-meaning U.N. peacekeepers and meddling TV reporters can't stop.
TWO SIDES (From l. to r.) Djuric, Sovagovic, and Bitorajac limn the Serbian-Croatian conflict
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ADetails Release Date: Apr 09, 2002; Movie Rated: R; Genres: Drama, Foreign Language; With: Rene Bitorajac and Branko Djuric; Distributor: United Artists (MGM)
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