A desperate silence was the legitimate reaction of the audience as the ending credits roll. This is an intrinsically powerful probe of the aftermath of war, because of which men died and women were left to try to pull themselves together and move on with their lives.
There are a few very powerful scenes in the movie. Alma emotionally examining what was left by her husband in her carefully kept vault, Alma dreaming about the past when she was still wearing the ring given by her husband and routinely serving him a bowl of water with a plum every morning when he was praying, and the acute exchanges between Safija and the developer in which Safija shamed the ambitious intruders which went something like:
Developer: Can you survive in the village? What will happen when it snows? Safija: This is a concern for me and Alma. Developer: What if Alma remarries? Safija: Everything she does she will have my backing.
Overall, this is an authentic and depressing movie depicting from a feminine perspective what is left to those who have remained after a tragic war, as powerfully accomplished as in "Grbavica".
It is obvious that throughout the movie we can detect anti-Serbian sentiments. This has caused me no issues at all. Since when have we lost even the rights to love or hate for a reason?
There are a few very powerful scenes in the movie. Alma emotionally examining what was left by her husband in her carefully kept vault, Alma dreaming about the past when she was still wearing the ring given by her husband and routinely serving him a bowl of water with a plum every morning when he was praying, and the acute exchanges between Safija and the developer in which Safija shamed the ambitious intruders which went something like:
Developer: Can you survive in the village? What will happen when it snows? Safija: This is a concern for me and Alma. Developer: What if Alma remarries? Safija: Everything she does she will have my backing.
Overall, this is an authentic and depressing movie depicting from a feminine perspective what is left to those who have remained after a tragic war, as powerfully accomplished as in "Grbavica".
It is obvious that throughout the movie we can detect anti-Serbian sentiments. This has caused me no issues at all. Since when have we lost even the rights to love or hate for a reason?