Years after the near total destruction of Sarajevo in the 1990s, life in the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina goes on. But for some, like the survivor at the center of Bosnian director Jasmila Zabnic's shattering debut feature, there's no escaping the ghosts of a violent past.
Esma Halilovic is trying to make the best of a hard life in a city still deeply scarred by years of shelling, atrocity and traumatic displays of grotesque inhumanity. In another life, Esma was a university student who planned on becoming a doctor; now she's lucky to find any work at all. Esma takes a job as a cocktail waitress at a raucous Sarajevo nightclub, but only after lying to her ...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins