As If I Am Not There
2010•1h 49m•6.5•Released
DramaWar
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.
Director
Juanita Wilson
Writer
Juanita Wilson
Languages
Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
Studio
Octagon Films
Cast
Nataša Petrović
Samira
Feđa Štukan
The Captain
Jelena Jovanova Perikj
Jasmina
Sanja Burić
The Nurse
Irina Apelgren
Alisa
Zvezda Angelovska
Halida
Nikolina Kujača
Mirsada
Stellan Skarsgård
Doctor
Angela Stojanovska
Samira's Sister
Zoran Trajkovski
Samira's Father
Sofija Kunovska
Samira's Mother
Elpida Pakovska
Village Neighbour
Ivo Stojanovski
Village Neighbour's Husband
Filip Pešov
School Boy
Jana Mirčevska
School Girl
Production
Company
Octagon Films
Company
Film i Väst
Company
Sektor Film
Company
W2 Filmproduktion und Vertriebs
Company
WMG Film
Company
Wide Eye Films
Company
Element Pictures
Company
Eurimages
Producer
Nathalie Lichtenthaeler
Producer
Karen Richards
Producer
James Flynn
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