As If I Am Not There

1h 49m

6.7

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.

Cast

Nataša Petrović

Jelena Jovanova

Zvezda Angelovska

Nikolina Kujača

Stellan Skarsgård

Angela Stojanovska

Samira's Sister

Zoran Trajkovski

Samira's Father

Sofija Kunovska

Samira's Mother

Elpida Pakovska

Village Neighbour

Ivo Stojanovski

Village Neighbour's Husband

Jana Mirčevska

Kristijan Svetiev

Arresting Soldier

Blagoj Veselinov

Threatening Soldier

Marija Milićević

Nurse's Daughter

Aleksandar Mikic

Slagjana Vujošević

Sleeping Soldier

Experienced Soldier

Gjorgji Neškoski

Experienced Soldier

Jana Stojanovska

Andrej Bogoeski

Vlado Dojčinovski

Experienced Soldier

Kristina Lelovac

Crew

Director, Writer

Slavenka Drakulić

Director of Photography

Executive Producer

Winfried Hammacher

Executive Producer

Nathalie Lichtenthaeler

Žaklina Krstevska

Kiril Džajkovski

Original Music Composer