Death in Sarajevo
Smrt u Sarajevu
2016, Film, 85 min, Drama, Bosnian, Bosnia & Herzegovina, MoviePedia score 63
Sarajevo on 28 of June, 2014. At the Hotel Europa, the best hotel in town, the manager Omer prepares to welcome a delegation of diplomatic VIPs. On the centenary of the assassination that is considered to have led to World War I, an appeal for peace and understanding is supposed to start from here. But the hotel staff have other worries: having not been paid for months, they are planning to go on strike. Hatidza from the hotel laundry is elected strike leader even though her daughter Lamija, who works in reception, is firmly against industrial action. Meanwhile, in the sealed-off presidential suite, a guest from France rehearses a speech. Elsewhere, a television reporter conducts interviews about war and its consequences. Was Gavrilo Princip, the 1914 assassin, a criminal or a national hero? What long shadow does his deed cast into the present?
Directed by Danis Tanovic
Cast
- Snezana Vidovic as Lamija
- Izudin Bajrovic as Omer
- Vedrana Bozinovic as Vedrana
- Muhamed Hadzovic as Gavrilo
- Faketa Salihbegovic as Hatidza
- Edin Avdagic Koja as Edo
- Jacques Weber as Jacques
- Aleksandar Seksan as Enco
- Rijad Gvozden as Rijad
- Boris Ler as Kiki
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