As If I Am Not There
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.
Release Date:
2010-07-26
Runtime:
109 minutes
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Produced by:
Octagon Films Film i Väst Sektor Film W2 Filmproduktion und Vertriebs WMG Film Wide Eye Films Element Pictures Eurimages
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Starring:
Nataša Petrović
as Samira
Feđa Štukan
as The Captain
Jelena Jovanova Perikj
as Jasmina
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Sanja Burić
as The Nurse
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Irina Apelgren
as Alisa
Zvezda Angelovska
as Halida
Nikolina Kujača
as Mirsada
Stellan Skarsgård
as Doctor
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Angela Stojanovska
as Samira's Sister
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Zoran Trajkovski
as Samira's Father
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
Miraj Grbić
as Commander
Blagoj Veselinov
as Threatening Soldier
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Marija Milićević
as Nurse's Daughter
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Nino Levi
as First Rapist
Igor Angelov
as Second Rapist
Aleksandar Mikic
as Third Rapist
Slagjana Vujošević
as Amina
Jasna Diklić
as Caretaker
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Bojan Velevski
as Sleeping Soldier
Saško Kocev
as Experienced Soldier
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Gjorgji Neškoski
as Experienced Soldier
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Nenad Mitevski
as Bojan
Jana Stojanovska
as Hospital Nurse
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Andrej Bogoeski
as Samira's Baby