Benvenuti a Sarajevo (1997)
Scritto da Frank Cottrell Boyce e basato sul libro Natasha's Story di Michael Nicholson, racconta la guerra di Bosnia nel 1992, quando cominciò l'assedio di Sarajevo, vista da una troupe TV britannica. Uno dei giornalisti (S. Dillane) raccoglie una bambina, la bosniaca e musulmana Emira, e la porta a Londra per adottarla. Ma si fa viva sua madre per reclamarla. Criticabile sotto vari aspetti (disinvolta mescolanza di vero e falso, documentario e finzione; dichiarazioni di uomini politici, pescate negli archivi; ricorso all'“Adagio” di Albinoni, troppo “bello”, troppo usato, dunque quasi “osceno”), ma impossibile negare che funzioni sul piano dell'informazione, della comunicazione, dell'emozione. Esplicita denuncia dell'ignavia dell'ONU, delle vergogne della politica europea, dell'indifferenza comoda di tanti di noi in Europa. Meglio la 1ª parte che la 2ª.
Direttore:
Michael Winterbottom
Scrittore:
Frank Cottrell Boyce
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Stephen Dillane as Michael Henderson |
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Woody Harrelson as Flynn |
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Marisa Tomei as Nina |
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Goran Višnjić as Risto Bavić |
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Emira Nušević as Emira |
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Kerry Fox as Jane Carson |
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James Nesbitt as Gregg |
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Emily Lloyd as Annie McGee |
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Igor Džambazov as Jacket |
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Gordana Gadžić as Mrs. Savić |
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Juliet Aubrey as Helen Henderson |
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Dražen Šivak as Željko |
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Vesna Orel as Munira |
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Davor Janjić as Dragan |
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Vladimir Jokanović as Emira's Uncle |
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Peter Kelly as UN VIP |
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Frank Dillane as Christopher Henderson |
| Production | Alex Nikolic | Casting |
| Directing | Michael Winterbottom | Director |
| Production | Paul Sarony | Line Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janty Yates | Costume Design |
| Production | Graham Broadbent | Producer |
| Production | Simone Pereira Hind | Casting |
| Writing | Frank Cottrell Boyce | Screenplay |
| Production | Damian Jones | Producer |
| Production | Ismet Arnautalić | Producer |
| Art | Kemal Hrustanović | Production Design |
| Editing | Trevor Waite | Editor |
| Production | Ivo Sunjic | Producer |
| Art | Mark Geraghty | Production Design |
| Art | David Minty | Art Direction |
| Production | Vanessa Pereira | Casting |
| Art | Terry Pritchard | Art Direction |
| Art | Kemal Hrustanović | Art Direction |
| Sound | Adrian Johnston | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Daf Hobson | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Michael Nicholson | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alex Volpe | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Susanna Lenton | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Emma Davie | Unit Publicist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alenka Nahtigal | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Robert Jazadziski | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Constantin Nikolic | Set Decoration |
| Production | Kerry Barden | Casting |
| Production | Billy Hopkins | Casting |