
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 marked 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 was first premiered on 19 September 2001 in France. The film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2002.
Plot
Two wounded soldiers, a Bosniak (Čiki, portrayed by Branko Đurić) and a Bosnian Serb (Nino, portrayed by Rene Bitorajac) are caught between their lines in the no man's land, in a struggle for survival. The two soldiers confront each other in a trench, where they wait for dark. They trade insults and even find some common ground. Confounding the situation is another wounded Bosniak soldier (Cera, portrayed by Filip Šovagović) who wakes from unconsciousness. A land mine had been buried beneath him by the Bosnian Serbs; should he make any move, it would be fatal.
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