As If I Am Not There (2010)
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
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Nataša Petrović as Samira |
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Feđa Štukan as The Captain |
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Jelena Jovanova Perikj as Jasmina |
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Sanja Burić as The Nurse |
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Irina Apelgren as Alisa |
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Zvezda Angelovska as Halida |
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Nikolina Kujača as Mirsada |
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Stellan Skarsgård as Doctor |
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Angela Stojanovska as Samira's Sister |
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Zoran Trajkovski as Samira's Father |
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Sofija Kunovska as Samira's Mother |
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Elpida Pakovska as Village Neighbour |
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Ivo Stojanovski as Village Neighbour's Husband |
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Filip Pešov as School Boy |
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Jana Mirčevska as School Girl |
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Kristijan Svetiev as Arresting Soldier |
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Miraj Grbić as Commander |
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Blagoj Veselinov as Threatening Soldier |
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Marija Milićević as Nurse's Daughter |
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Nino Levi as First Rapist |
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Igor Angelov as Second Rapist |
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Aleksandar Mikic as Third Rapist |
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Slagjana Vujošević as Amina |
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Jasna Diklić as Caretaker |
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Bojan Velevski as Sleeping Soldier |
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Saško Kocev as Experienced Soldier |
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Gjorgji Neškoski as Experienced Soldier |
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Nenad Mitevski as Bojan |
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Jana Stojanovska as Hospital Nurse |
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Andrej Bogoeski as Samira's Baby |
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Anna Walsh as Singing Girl |
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Vlado Dojčinovski as Experienced Soldier |
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Katina Ivanova as (uncredited) |
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Kristina Lelovac as New Woman |
| Sound | Kiril Džajkovski | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Tim Fleming | Director of Photography |
| Production | Karen Richards | Producer |
| Art | Bujar Muca | Set Decoration |
| Production | Nela Vitosevic | Casting |
| Production | Anna Carlsten | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Žaklina Krstevska | Costume Design |
| Production | Winfried Hammacher | Executive Producer |
| Production | Timka Grahić | Casting |
| Directing | Juanita Wilson | Director |
| Production | Nathalie Lichtenthaeler | Producer |
| Writing | Slavenka Drakulić | Novel |
| Production | James Flynn | Producer |
| Writing | Juanita Wilson | Writer |
