No Man's Land
No Man's Land is a 2001 war film that is set in the midst of the Bosnian War. The film is a parable and marks the debut of Bosnian writer and director Danis Tanović. It is a co-production among companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Italy, France, Belgium, and the United Kingdom. The film first premiered on 19 September 2001 in France. It later won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2002.
Plot
During the Bosnian War, two wounded soldiers, a Bosniak named Čiki and a Bosnian Serb named Nino, are caught between their lines in no man's land. The two soldiers confront each other in a trench, where they wait for dark. Trading insults at first, they eventually begin to find some common ground. Confounding the situation is another wounded Bosniak soldier named Cera who wakes from unconsciousness. A land mine has been buried beneath him by the Bosnian Serbs; should he make any move, the mine will explode.
Awards
Cast
- Alain Eloy
- Aleš Valič
- Almir Kurt
- Bogdan Diklić
- Boro Stjepanović
- Branko Đurić
- Branko Završan
- Filip Šovagović
- François Mitterrand
- Georges Siatidis
- Katrin Cartlidge
- Marinko Prga
- Matej Recer
- Mirza Tanović
- Mustafa Nadarević
- Rene Bitorajac
- Saša Petrović
- Serge-Henri
- Simon Callow
- Tanja Ribič
- Đuro Utješanović