My wife is from Slovenia. My memories of the Balkan war were the nightmarish scenes which were on the news and in newspapers. Her memories were of being on vacation with her parents at age 13 in Croatia when Slovenia declared independence. Slovenia was able to secure independence rather quickly while the remaining parts of Yugoslavia descended into war.
I've visited Europe twice and in particular Slovenia. The war is still spoken about in mostly off hand terms. My understanding is Bosnia-Herzogovina is still very war scarred. The movie delves into the chaos of war in a modern atmosphere where many people never expected to be caught up in war zone.
Given our current political atmosphere, I found myself a bit frightened. The people interviewed in the movie describe some very dire situations where innocent people were openly killed. I realized this could happen anywhere.
Review of Sarajevo Roses
