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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 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.

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author	Danis Tanović
award	Academy Award for Best Foreign Language 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	Bosnian War enmity
genre	comedy-drama political satire
keywords	artillery bosniak bosniaks bosnian serb bosnian serbs bury english english people french french army humanitarian aid land mine no man's land rescue struggle for survival trap united nations united nations protection force wounded soldier
musicBy	Danis Tanović
nomination	Academy Award for Best Foreign Language 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