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| Two grown men in underpants wave white cloth in the air as UN soldiers look on in this poster for Danis Tanovic's No Man's Land |
During the Bosnian War (1992-95) a soldier trips and lands on top of a landmine. Can he now cooperate with an enemy about this matter, and how do the media and UN play a role in the war?
No Man's Land is written and directed by feature-debuting Danis Tanovic (Budjenje (1999, documentary)), who also composed the score. The English title is a literal translation of the original Serbian one.
Become a bit more knowing about the Bosnia War by watching this Oscar-intended feature that has brutality and high ambitions but no promising core or any greater cinematic qualities. There are no surprises and little insight to gain from this film about unthinking killing in a beautiful landscape by people that the surrounding world take little interest in. The news media need their stories; and the UN are without balls. Spend an hour and a half to learn this here in Tanovic's unremarkable film.
Watch a trailer for the film here
Cost: 2 mil. €, approximately 1.8 mil. $
Box office: 4.8 mil. $
= Box office success (returned 2.66 times its cost)
[No Man's Land premiered 12 May (Cannes Film Festival, main competition) and runs 98 minutes. 19 companies and support bodies collaborated in the financing and production of the film. Shooting took place in Slovenia. The film opened #53 to a 22k $ first weekend in 2 theaters in North America, where it peaked at #39 and in 38 theaters (different weekends), grossing 1 mil. $ (20.8 % of the total gross). The film won the Best Foreign Language Oscar and the Best Screenplay award at Cannes as well as 1/2 César award nominations. It was also nominated for 2 David di Donatello awards, won 1/2 European Film award nominations, a Golden Globe, 2/3 AFI award nominations, a National Board of Review award and many other honors. Roger Ebert gave it a 3.5/4 star review, translating to 3 notches over this one. Tanovic returned with a segment of September 11 (2002) and with a proper feature with L'Enfer (2005). Branko Djuric (Teater Paradiznik (1994, TV-series), director) returned in Kajmak i marmelada (2003); Rene Bitorajac (Minions (2015)) with a voice performance in Cats & Dogs (2001) and a physical performance in 24 sata (2002). No Man's Land is certified fresh at 93 % with a 7.80/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]
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