Friday, August 10, 2012

In the Land of Blood and Honey 2011

In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)     It's 1992, a civil war is going on in Yugoslavia.  Ajla is a Bosnian, she has moved to help her sister with her baby boy.  She goes to a dance club and meets Danijel, he is a Serbian soldier.  They are having a wonderful time until a bomb explodes right outside the club.  Some of the people are injured and others are killed, Ajla and Danijel stay to help.  Ajla and her sister are removed from their apartment by Serbian soldiers, Ajla is separated from her sister and taken to an internment camp.  Danijel is one of the soldiers in charge at this camp.
     Bosnians and Serbs, we cannot tell them apart but they hate each other and are being eliminated from the face of the earth because of who they are.  Terrible and difficult to watch atrocities go on for a long time without intervention.  3 1/2* (I liked this movie)

127 min, Drama directed by Angelina Jolie with Rade Serbedzija, Zana Marjanovic, Goran Kostic, Nikola Djuricko, Branko Djuric, Milos Timotijevic, Alma Terzic, Goran Jevtic.

Note:  Blockbuster 2 1/2*, imdb 4.1 out of 10, 55% critic 45% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

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