Rent In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)
2.6 of 5 from 57 ratings
2h 6min
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- Synopsis:
Danijel (Goran Kostic), a Serb, first meets Ajla (Zana Marjanovic), a Bosnian, on the dance floor. Their flirtations are brought to an abrupt end by a bomb attack. Its 1992 and Yugoslavias civil war is raging. All of a sudden, Danijel is a soldier with orders to obey, and Ajla is now a woman who lives in fear of her life. Shortly afterwards Ajla is imprisoned at an internment camp where rape and torture are the order of the day. One of the camps henchmen is Danijel. In order to protect Ajla, who is an artist, he asks her to draw portraits of his comrades-in-arms. At first their relationship is fuelled by passion but before long Ajla realises her powerful position and uses Danijel's desire to help other Bosnian women prepare an uprising. Desperate for his Islamic-hating fathers respect, Danijel tries to prove his masculinity to Ajla of all people. - Actors:
- Zana Marjanovic, Goran Kostic, Rade Serbedzija, Vanessa Glodjo, Nikola Djuricko, Branko Djuric, Fedja Stukan, Alma Terzic, Jelena Jovanova, Ermin Bravo, Boris Ler, Goran Jevtic, Ermin Sijamija, Milos Timotijevic, Jasna Beri, Aleksandar Djurica, Dzana Pinjo, Petar Vidovic, Faruk Pruti, Dolya Gavanski
- Directors:
- Angelina Jolie
- Producers:
- Tim Headington, Angelina Jolie, Graham King, Tim Moore
- Voiced By:
- David Clayton
- Writers:
- Angelina Jolie
- Aka:
- U zemlji krvi i meda
- Studio:
- G K Flims
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Romance
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Heart Wrenching - In the Land of Blood and Honey review by CSF
If I didn't know it was directed by Angelina Jolie, I would have thought it was Oliver Stone or a man anyway. I am amazed how Jolie got realistic about war with, on top of it, the women's point of view. There is no illusion about the love story, it is a cruel, harsh and destructive romance. The man is not the hero/prince one would expect usually; the woman is the eternal and typical victim of any war, crushed by men. Angelina Jolie manages so well to emphasize how the savage side of any human being can emerge even today, not far from us. Scary.
PS Angelina, I am sorry to have underestimated you.
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