After various skirmishes, two wounded soldiers, one Bosnian and one Serb, confront each other in a trench in the no man’s land between their lines. They wait for dark, trading insults and even finding some common ground; sometimes one has the gun, sometimes the other, sometimes both.
Things get complicated when another wounded Bosnian comes to, but can’t move because a bouncing mine is beneath him. The two men cooperate to wave white flags, their lines call the UN (whose high command tries not to help), an English reporter shows up, a French sergeant shows courage, and the three men in no man’s land may or may not find a way to all get along.
No Man’s Land (Bosnian: Ničija zemlja) 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-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Italy, France, Belgium and the UK. The film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001.
No Man’s Land (2002)
Directed by: Danis Tanovic
Starring: Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Sovagovic, Georges Siatidis, Serge-Henri Valcke, Sacha Kremer, Alain Eloy, Mustafa Nadarevic, Bogdan Diklic, Tanja Ribic
Screenplay by: Danis Tanovic
Cinematography by: Dusko Milavec
Film Editing by: Francesca Calvelli
Costume Design by: Zvonka Makuc
Art Direction by: Franci Cilensek, Boris Cindric, Sandi Dragicevic
Makeup Department: Nancy Beaudoux, Mirjam Kavcic
Music by: Danis Tanovic
MPAA Rating: R for violence and language.
Distributed by: Metro Goldwpn Mayer
Release Date: May 17, 2002
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