A harsh dose of cinematic realism about a harsh time – the Bosnian War of the 1990s – Juanita Wilson's drama is taken from true stories revealed during the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Samira is a modern schoolteacher in Sarajevo who takes a job in a small country village just as the war is beginning to ramp up. When Serbian soldiers overrun the village, shoot the men and keep the women as laborers (the older ones) and sex objects (the younger ones), Samira is subjected to the basest form of treatment imaginable.
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Nataša Petrović as Samira
Feđa Štukan as The Captain
Jelena Jovanova as Jasmina
Sanja Burić as The Nurse
Irina Apelgren as Alisa
Zvezda Angelovska as Halida
Nikolina Kujača as Mirsada
Stellan Skarsgård as Doctor
Angela Stojanovska as Samira's Sister
Zoran Trajkovski as Samira's Father
Sofija Kunovska as Samira's Mother
Elpida Pakovska as Village Neighbour
Ivo Stojanovski as Village Neighbour's Husband
Filip Pešov as School Boy
Jana Mirčevska as School Girl
Kristijan Svetiev as Arresting Soldier
Miraj Grbić as Commander
Blagoj Veselinov as Threatening Soldier
Marija Milićević as Nurse's Daughter
Nino Levi as First Rapist
Igor Angelov as Second Rapist
Aleksandar Mikic as Third Rapist
Slagjana Vujošević as Amina
Jasna Diklić as Caretaker
Bojan Velevski as Sleeping Soldier
Saško Kocev as Experienced Soldier
Gjorgji Neškoski as Experienced Soldier
Nenad Mitevski as Bojan
Kristina Lelevac as New Woman
Jana Stojanovska as Hospital Nurse
Andrej Bogoeski as Samira's Baby
Anna Walsh as Singing Girl
Vlado Dojčinovski as Experienced Soldier
Katina Ivanova as (uncredited)
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