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No Man's Land 2001

type: Movie

language: Bosnian

duration: 98 min

genre: comedy-drama

theme: war

director: Danis Tanović

Score: 7 / 10

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.

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author	Danis Tanović
award	Academy Award for Best International Feature Film European Film Award for Best Screenwriter Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film
contentLocation	Bosnia and Herzegovina
director	Danis Tanović
editor	Francesca Calvelli
events	enmity War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
genre	comedy-drama political satire
keywords	army sergeant artillery bosniak bosniaks bosnian serb bosnian war bury french army humanitarian aid land mine no man's land rescue serbs of bosnia and herzegovina trade trap united nations united nations protection force wounded soldier
musicBy	Danis Tanović
nomination	Academy Award for Best International Feature Film European Film Award for Best Actor European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
producer	Cédomir Kolar Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela Marc Baschet
productionCompany	Benetton Group
publisher	Momentum Pictures
theme	black comedy war