Prolific British director Michael Winterbottom made this devastating film about the Bosnian War. A British journalist covering the war find himself frustrated with the coverage at home gets emotionally involved when he meets a little girl. Based on the book by Michael Nicholson and adapted by Frank Cottrell Boyce, Winterbottom tells the story through a blend of archival footage and live action which makes for a heartbreaking and utterly disturbing film that only touches on the surface of the atrocities of the Bosnian War which the world ignored. The film is a timeless reminder of human tragedy in the face of war which keeps happening again and again like the war in Syria at the moment. Stephen Dillane leads the excellent cast that includes Wood Harrelson, James Nesbitt, Kerry Fox, Emily Lloyed, Marisa Tomei and Goran Visnjic. 1001 Films' coverage of films on DVD.
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Prolific British director Michael Winterbottom made this devastating film about the Bosnian War. A British journalist covering the war find himself frustrated with the coverage at home gets emotionally involved when he meets a little girl. Based on the book by Michael Nicholson and adapted by Frank Cottrell Boyce, Winterbottom tells the story through a blend of archival footage and live action which makes for a heartbreaking and utterly disturbing film that only touches on the surface of the atrocities of the Bosnian War which the world ignored. The film is a timeless reminder of human tragedy in the face of war which keeps happening again and again like the war in Syria at the moment. Stephen Dillane leads the excellent cast that includes Wood Harrelson, James Nesbitt, Kerry Fox, Emily Lloyed, Marisa Tomei and Goran Visnjic. 1001 Films' coverage of films on DVD.
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