As If I Am Not There
2010
109 minutes
Overview
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.
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Top Cast
Nataša Petrović
Samira
Feđa Štukan
The Captain
Jelena Jovanova
Jasmina
Sanja Burić
The Nurse
Irina Apelgren
Alisa
Zvezda Angelovska
Halida
Nikolina Kujača
Mirsada
Stellan Skarsgård
Doctor
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
Filip Pešov
School Boy
Jana Mirčevska
School Girl
Kristijan Svetiev
Arresting Soldier
Miraj Grbić
Commander
Blagoj Veselinov
Threatening Soldier
Marija Milićević
Nurse's Daughter
Nino Levi
First Rapist
Igor Angelov
Second Rapist
Aleksandar Mikic
Third Rapist
Slagjana Vujošević
Amina
Jasna Diklić
Caretaker
Bojan Velevski
Sleeping Soldier
Saško Kocev
Experienced Soldier
Gjorgji Neškoski
Experienced Soldier
Nenad Mitevski
Bojan
Kristina Lelevac
New Woman
Jana Stojanovska
Hospital Nurse
Andrej Bogoeski
Samira's Baby
Anna Walsh
Singing Girl
Vlado Dojčinovski
Experienced Soldier
Katina Ivanova
(uncredited)