children of sarajevo
tiff' 12:' children of sarajevo' spotlights a sister and brother hanging on: monkey see the drama children of sarajevo follows a sister trying to keep her brother out of trouble .
marija pikic plays rahima, who' s trying to keep her brother safe in children of sarajevo .
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rarely will you see a film that spends as much time looking at the back of its lead' s head as children of sarajevo, which won a special award from the jury at cannes earlier this year .
aida begic’s children of sarajevo (djeca) is a passionately stark story of the strength of family, driven by an intense sense of honour and compassion as a young woman who has found strength in her religion tries to help her younger brother, who had previously lived in an orphanage .
a broken family serves as a metaphor for a damaged society in”children of sarajevo, ” the ambitious second feature from bosnian helmer - writer aida begic, whose underlying theme here is the country’s lost moral compass as it remains trapped in a torturously slow transition from a state of war. slated to open the sarajevo fest in july, [ … ]
bosnian director aida begic returns with a second feature film about a generation busy reconstructing their lives after the siege of sarajevo .
talking to other queue dwellers waiting to get into children of sarajevo, many had already pegged this one as a “duty” film, one that they’d added to the list to make sure their international film festival is truly international. this one checks off the “eastern european” box apparently .
born in sarajevo in 1976, she graduated in directing at the sarajevo academy of performing arts in 2000. her graduation film first death experience was presented at the cinéfondation official selection of the 2001 cannes film festival and won numerous awards worldwide. in 2003 she wrote and directed her second short north went mad. her debut feature film snow won the grand prix at critics’ week in cannes in 2008. she now teaches directing at the sarajevo academy of performing arts, has directed numerous documentaries, commercials, videos and promo films, and in 2009 founded the independent production company film house. children of sarajevo is her second feature and played at cannes this year in the un certain regard section .
a passionately stark story of the strength of family, driven by an intense sense of honour and compassion .
the story is intercut with news footage from the bosnian war – not exploitative of overly dramatic, but of scenes of groups of children playing, singing and trying to lead as normal a life as possible. the film ends on new year’s day with a measured and modest life - affirming moment of brother and sister bonding again .
was awarded the cineuropa prize at the 18th sarajevo film festival after a un certain regard special mention at cannes .
through multiple repetitions of rahima’s daily routine, we observe the stark contrasts of postwar sarajevo, where flashy new villas and fancy cars coexist with grinding poverty. corruption and injustice have empowered violent thugs in many walks of life, and the government’s privatization schemes line the pockets of politicians and criminals at the expense of the needy .
a broken family serves as a metaphor for a damaged society in” children of sarajevo, ” the ambitious second feature from bosnian helmer - writer aida begic, whose underlying theme here is the country’s lost moral compass as it remains trapped in a torturously slow transition from a state of war. slated to open the sarajevo fest in july, this tale of two orphaned siblings eschews a traditional narrative arc, providing instead a slice of life at a particular moment in time. potent drama is more accessible than begic’s debut “snow, ” and should reach a larger, albeit still niche, arthouse audience .
in comparison, brief flashes of rahima’s memories from the years of the sarajevo siege depict a time of more human connection and fellowship. these recollections not only provide a historical context for the narrative, but also suggest that ordinary people’s dreams about the reconstruction of bosnian society have been replaced by a sad nostalgia .
he 38 - year - old aida begić is the bosnian film - maker who won the grand prix at the critics week in cannes four years ago for her debut feature, snow. now she is in the un certain regard section with this followup film, which she has written, produced and directed. children of sarajevo – the original title, djeca, means
children
– is set in the present - day city, in which the ghosts of a terrible past loom all around. the movie does not entirely tie up its narrative threads, but the strange, potent atmosphere makes up for this .
official sff pitch: rahima (23) and nedim (14) are orphans of the bosnian war (1992 - 1995) living in sarajevo, a transitional city that may have lost its moral compass, given the way the children of those who died fighting for the city' s freedom are treated. after a crime - prone adolescence, rahima has now found comfort in islam and she hopes her brother will follow in her footsteps .
rahima (23) and nermin (14) are orphans of the bosnian war. they live in sarajevo, a transitional society that has lost its moral compass, including in the way it treats children of the people who were killed fighting for the freedom of their city. after crime - prone adolescent years, rahima has found comfort in islam and she hopes her brother will follow in her footsteps. their life of bare survival becomes even more difficult after nedim gets into a fistfight at school with the son of a local strongman. this incident triggers a chain of events leading rahima to the discovery that her young brother leads a double life…
rahima (23) and nedim (14) are orphans of the bosnian war. they live in sarajevo, a transitional society that has lost its moral compass, including in the way it treats children of the people who were killed fighting for the freedom of their city. after crime - prone adolescent years, rahima has found comfort in islam and she hopes her brother will follow in her footsteps. their life of bare survival becomes even more difficult after nedim gets into a fistfight with the son of a local strongman and breaks his expensive mobile phone. this incident triggers a chain of events leading rahima to the discovery that her brother leads a double life .
rahima (23) and nedim (14) are orphans of the bosnian war. they live in sarajevo, a transitional society that has lost its moral compass, including in the way it treats children of the people who were killed fighting for the freedom of their city. after crime - prone adolescent years, rahima has found comfort in islam and she hopes her brother will follow in her footsteps. everything becomes more difficult the day nedim gets into a fistfight at school with the son of a local strongman. this incident triggers a chain of events leading rahima to discover that her young brother leads a double life…
a microcosm of the fathomless suffering that remains more than 16 years since the siege of sarajevo ended, writer - director aida begic’s follow - up to her 2008 cannes critics’ week grand prize - winning debut snow tells the story of two orphaned siblings struggling in a transitional society where only the fittest survive .
a microcosm of the fathomless suffering that remains more than 16 years since the siege of sarajevo ended, writer - director aida begic ’s follow - up to her 2008 cannes critics’ week grand prize - winning debut snow tells the story of two orphaned siblings struggling in a transitional society where only the fittest survive .
she works in the kitchen of a sarajevo restaurant, retaining a polite and non - confrontational presence, but finds things slowly spiralling out of control when she is called to nedim’s school after he gets into a fight with the son of a prominent government official, and then she finds he is helping courier a gun and documents .
written and directed by the sarajevo - born aida bejic, it tells the story of rahima (marija pikic), who' s assumed guardianship of her teenage brother, nedim, after the deaths of their parents. she works as a cook in a restaurant and spends most of the rest of her time trying to keep nedim from getting into trouble. she' s also a muslim who' s recently started wearing a headscarf, which puzzles some of her friends and has, nedim insists, increased the number of people at school who pick on him .
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i have to admit, like the other patrons, i wasn’t expecting to be overjoyed by writer / director aida begic’s slice of social realism set in contemporary sarajevo, in the aftermath of the bosnian war. by the film’s conclusion though, i have a sneaking suspicion begic is working off our preconceptions .
working again with her husband, erol zubcevic, as cameraman, begic opts for a visual style and rhythm that is the complete opposite of her first feature. while “snow” featured long static shots and bright colors, “ children ” unfolds mostly at night, with the jittery shoulder - mounted camera in near constant motion. the grain of the images suggest a documentary truth to match the period video material used for rahima’s memories .
already scooped up to open the 18th sarajevo international film festival in july, the bosnian / german / french / turkish co - production, which is interlaced with real people’s video footage of their lives during the war that convulsed the balkans, should play well on the international festival circuit .
anchoring the unfurling drama is a compelling central performance from dark - eyed marija pikic as rahima, a 23 - year - old restaurant worker living in battle - scarred sarajevo. her demeanour is hushed and contained, yet a smart mouth and occasional detonations of bitterness hint at buried anguish .
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post traumatic life of the bosnian muslim widows and daughters after their husbands and fathers were murdered by bosnian serb army. plot is set in post war eastern bosnian village near town of zvornik .
a woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the balkan war .
the action is interspersed with eerie fragments of the past: there is a woozy analogue home - video of children singing, and vivid tv news footage, with scan - lines across the screen, of terrified people fleeing the siege. rahima will be shopping or making coffee, and we will hear deafening explosions; begić allows the audience to think, for a split second, that the war has begun again. actually, these are the fireworks that teenagers are throwing around in the run - up to new year' s eve. we hear clanging and screeching like the arrival of a tank – and it turns out to be building work going on in the neighbouring apartment. but these are echoes, and re - echoes, of the terrible detonations that have not entirely died away. the war was not all that long ago, and begić conveys a sense of tension and fear, a sense that it has all simply been buried, and not all that far below the surface .
after what we are led to understand were some earlier years on the wrong side of the law, she has found sanctuary in the teachings of islam and hopes the mantle of her religion can also shield her brother nedim (ismir gagula), a typically wilful and self - centred 14 - year - old, from the harshness of existence in a post - war culture where corruption and violence flourish .
the three - day weekend gross (excluding previews) of july 6 - 8 was £6. 2m
aida begić’s powerful, pertinent drama depicts a generation growing up in a country knowing nothing of stability .
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aida begic' s film tells the story of two orphaned siblings struggling to survive during the bosnian war .
the official entry of bosnia and herzegovina to the best foreign language film at the 85th academy awards 2013 .
but back to looking at the back of rahima' s head. bejic is particularly fond of very long takes and tracking shots, whether she' s following rahima through the kitchen at work or following her on a walk through her neighborhood. and when bejic as a director follows, she really follows — the handheld camera is on the back of rahima' s head, giving the distinct impression that she' s constantly being pursued — which is about right, given the dire nature of some of what she' s facing .
he is, incidentally, a diabetic and the stress of keeping him safe and of convincing the orphanage that she is a competent guardian, is palpable. when the monosyllabic nedim gets into a fight with the son of a crooked local official and breaks the boy’s expensive cell phone, finding a way to replace it is only the beginning of rahima’s problems as she discovers her little brother is in even deeper trouble than she’d feared .
marija pikic is striking as the haunted rahima. the camera is often placed just behind her shoulder and follows her through the bleak war - torn streets of sarajevo as she strides with a sense of purpose, barely reacting to the happenings around her. the film makes no attempt to reveal what might have happened to her in the past, though it is clear her relationship with nedim is less than perfect - she works hard and is rarely around - and he even comments at one point that he would rather have stayed at the orphanage .
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production: a film house sarajevo, rohfilm, les films de l' apres - midi, kaplan production. (international sales: pyramide intl. , paris .) produced by aida begic. co - producers, benny drechsel, karsten stoter, francois d' artemare, semih kaplanoglu. directed, written by aida begic .
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rahima and her 14 year - old brother nedim (ismir gagula) live a low - key life in a simple flat in sarajevo. after crime - prone adolescent years – which are implied but never really developed in the film – rahima has found solace in islam, and hopes that her brother will follow her example and find a better life .
the official entry of bosnia and herzegovina to the best foreign language film at the 85th academy awards 2013. see more »
other tech credits are solid, though opinions will be divided about the use of classical music at the pic’s beginning and end .
crew: camera (color, dv), erol zubcevic; editor, miralem zubcevic; production designer, sanda popovac; costume designer, sanja dzeba; sound (dolby srd), igor camo. reviewed at cannes film festival (un certain regard), may 21, 2012. (also in sarajevo film festival - - opener .) running time: 90 min .
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prior to her first cannes screening of the film she said to the audience that it was a shame she was “unable to bring a happier film to cannes”, and while that may be then case, the drive of the film is the inner strength and determination that sees 23 year - old rahima (an excellent marija pikic) doing all she can – and against all the odds – try and keep what remains of her family together .
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although one might wish for greater character development and more backstory, begic’s screenplay leaves the past as background, letting the occasional line of dialogue serve as exposition .
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set against the backdrop of a cold balkan winter, with new year’s fireworks recalling the sound of mortar fire, the narrative centers on hardworking restaurant cook rahima (marija pikic, impressive), 23, who struggles to make ends meet while looking after her juvenile - delinquent brother nedim (ismir gagula), 14. the lad is causing trouble in school, where he is scorned by some of his nouveau - riche classmates, and rahima’s got enough on her plate without social services breathing down her neck .
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necessarily sober and quietly challenging, the un certain regard entry shows a filmmaker whose passion for her subject has now twinned with a maturing proficiency to deliver a drama of some power .
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rahima, 23 ans, et son frère nedim, 14 ans, sont des orphelins de la guerre de bosnie. ils vivent à sarajevo, dans cette société transitoire qui a perdu toute compassion pour les enfants de ceux qui sont morts pendant le siège de la ville. après une adolescence délinquante, rahima a trouvé un réconfort dans l’islam, elle espère que nedim suivra ses pas. tout se complique le jour où à l’école, celui - ci se bat avec le fils d’un puissant ministre du pays. cet incident déclenche une série d’événements qui conduiront rahima à découvrir la double vie de son jeune frère ...
the plot provides for some dramatic reversals for rahima, and these are arguably not satisfactorily resolved and absorbed into the film' s fabric. but it creates a disturbing feeling of a city haunted and menaced by its past .
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part of the story here is that rahima doesn' t have as much help as she needs, really; raised during a war, she' s up against everything trying to corrupt her brother, a system that would be just as happy to cart him off to an orphanage and a boss who' s too much of a jerk to even give her the slip that shows how much money she makes so she can prove she' s fit to keep nedim with her .
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rahima (marija pikic) is a muslim woman in her twenties who works long hours in a restaurant kitchen to provide for the teenage brother nedim (ismir gagula) who lives with her, but who is drifting into bad ways. they are orphans of the 90s bosnian war, but never allude directly to their parents. her recent decision to begin wearing the headscarf, however, has evidently triggered old tensions, and nedim is now getting bullied at school by the pampered son of a local politician .
at its heart, this is a relatively simple story of a sister trying to keep her family together. but it' s also a fine opportunity to be reminded that directors have a lot of options when they compose shots, and the fact that they don' t usually shoot a certain way doesn' t mean they can' t. it' s very unusual to watch an actress so intently from behind as she takes a purposeful stroll, but the technique works well here to create the tension and worry that comes from seeing a lead character constantly moving away from the camera .
there' s such remarkable tension within this character that when, fairly late in the film, she takes her headscarf off and you see her shake out her hair for the first time, it feels revelatory — not because wearing her hair down is better than the scarf by any means, but because it' s a figurative exhalation of breath that she hasn' t taken until that very moment .
the incident leads her to find out that her brother is dabbling on the edge of criminal activities, but she is determined that he should try and escape that life. her inner strength begins to come to the fore – initially inexpressive and non - confrontational she is also a woman determined to protect her brother, to the extent that she confronts the official in the knowledge there is likely to be repercussions from the police .
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a broken family serves as a metaphor for a damaged society in this potent drama from bosnian helmer - writer aida begic .
with: with: marija pikic, ismir gagula, nikola djuricko, jasna ornela bery, bojan navojec, stasa dukic, aleksandar seksan, velibor topic, mirela lambic, sadzida setic, mario knezovic, vedran dekic, sanela pepeljak, semir krivic, mehmed porca, adnan omerovic, ravijojla lesic, vedrana seksan .
although rahima wears a headscarf, marking her as a devout muslim, it is implied that she, too, had run - ins with the law during a wild adolescence at the orphanage. while she now treads the straight and narrow, she continues to make it clear that no one can push her around .
as rahima, tightly wound pikic moves like a whirlwind, providing a momentum that compels visual interest and matches the prowling handheld camerawork. nikola djuricko proves a strong presence as tarik, rahima’s potential love interest, even though he has relatively little screentime. unfortunately, the weakest performance comes from young gagula, who fails to evince any nuance as the sullen teenager .
cast: with: marija pikic, ismir gagula, nikola djuricko, jasna ornela bery, bojan navojec, stasa dukic, aleksandar seksan, velibor topic, mirela lambic, sadzida setic, mario knezovic, vedran dekic, sanela pepeljak, semir krivic, mehmed porca, adnan omerovic, ravijojla lesic, vedrana seksan .
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dir / scr: aida begic. bosnia herzogovina - germany - france - turkey. 2012. 90mins
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siblings rahima and nedim are the bosnian war orphans. she works as a restaurant chef and earns just enough money to survive .
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children of sarajevo ( bosnian : djeca ) is a 2012 bosnian drama film directed by aida begić . the film competed in the un certain regard section at the 2012 cannes film festival where it won the special distinction award . the film was selected as the bosnian entry for the best foreign language oscar at the 85th academy awards , but it did not make the final shortlist . 
children of sarajevo (bosnian: djeca) is a 2012 bosnian drama film directed by aida begić. the film competed in the un certain regard section at the 2012 cannes film festival where it won the special distinction award. the film was selected as the bosnian entry for the best foreign language oscar at the 85th academy awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.
children of sarajevo (bosnian: djeca) is a 2012 bosnian drama film directed by aida begić. the film competed in the un certain regard section at the 2012 cannes film festival where it won the special distinction award. the film was selected as the bosnian entry for the best foreign language oscar at the 85th academy awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.