As If I Am Not There (2010)
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 SoldierRecommendations
Jacknife
Waiting for Anya
The Kill Team
The Trials of Cate McCall
The Safety of Objects
Fort Bliss
Ararat
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Stop-Loss
The Truth About Emanuel
Iron Jawed Angels
A Dry White Season
An Ordinary Man
Boudica
Birdy
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Behold a Pale Horse
The Beast
The Scarlet and the Black
Hounddog