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Welcome to Sarajevo

  • 19971997
  • RR
  • 1h 43m
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6.7/10
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Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
Journalist Flynn from the U.S., Michael Henderson from the U.K., and their teams meet at the beginning of the Bosnian war in Sarajevo. During their reports, they find an orphanage run by the devoted Mrs. Savic near the frontline. Henderson gets so involved in the kids' problems, that he decides to take one of the children, Emira, illegally back to England.
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American and British journalists Flynn and Michael Henderson, along with their respective news teams, meet at the beginning of the Bosnian war in Sarajevo. During their reports, the group fi... Read allAmerican and British journalists Flynn and Michael Henderson, along with their respective news teams, meet at the beginning of the Bosnian war in Sarajevo. During their reports, the group find an orphanage run by the devoted Mrs. Savic near the frontline. Feeling sympathy, Hender... Read allAmerican and British journalists Flynn and Michael Henderson, along with their respective news teams, meet at the beginning of the Bosnian war in Sarajevo. During their reports, the group find an orphanage run by the devoted Mrs. Savic near the frontline. Feeling sympathy, Henderson decides to take one of the children, Emira, illegally back to England.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
7.6K
YOUR RATING
    • Michael Winterbottom
    • Michael Nicholson(book "Natasha's Story")
    • Frank Cottrell Boyce
  • Stars
    • Stephen Dillane
    • Woody Harrelson
    • Marisa Tomei
    • Michael Winterbottom
    • Michael Nicholson(book "Natasha's Story")
    • Frank Cottrell Boyce
  • Stars
    • Stephen Dillane
    • Woody Harrelson
    • Marisa Tomei
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    • 60User reviews
    • 60Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
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    Woody Harrelson in Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
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    Emira Nusevic in Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
    Woody Harrelson and Stephen Dillane in Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
    Marisa Tomei in Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
    Stephen Dillane in Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
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    Stephen Dillane
    Stephen Dillane
    • Michael Henderson
    Woody Harrelson
    Woody Harrelson
    • Flynn
    Marisa Tomei
    Marisa Tomei
    • Nina
    Emira Nusevic
    Emira Nusevic
    • Emira
    Kerry Fox
    Kerry Fox
    • Jane Carson
    Goran Visnjic
    Goran Visnjic
    • Risto Bavic
    James Nesbitt
    James Nesbitt
    • Gregg
    Emily Lloyd
    Emily Lloyd
    • Annie McGee
    Igor Dzambazov
    • Jacket
    Gordana Gadzic
    • Mrs. Savic
    Juliet Aubrey
    Juliet Aubrey
    • Helen Henderson
    Drazen Sivak
    • Zeljko
    Vesna Orel
    • Munira
    Davor Janjic
    • Dragan
    Vladimir Jokanovic
    • Emira's Uncle
    Izudina Brutus
    • Lucky Strike
    Labina Mitevska
    Labina Mitevska
    • Sonja
    Sanja Buric
    • Alma
      • Michael Winterbottom
      • Michael Nicholson(book "Natasha's Story")
      • Frank Cottrell Boyce
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    • Trivia
      Stephen Dillane's son Frank plays his son in the film.
    • Goofs
      When the bus is stopped by the Chetniks, the gun of the leader alternates between being a type of Kalashnikov and a French FAMAS.
    • Quotes

      Flynn: You know, only two good things ever came from England. One: America, two: the Beatles!

    • Connections
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    nice, but too confused and missing the point
    At the beginning I should mention that I live in Sarajevo, and I was a civilian in a besieged city, so that explains my perspective from which I was watching this movie, and experience I carry from it.

    Through the whole movie, one thing kept torturing me: What is this movie about??? Is it about Michael Henderson and his moral issues, is it about all journalists and their moral issues, is it about Flynn and his understanding of war, is it about worlds' understanding of that war, is it about Sarajevo, about Emira, about orphans? This movie needs focusing on one goal, because this way I'm left with 100 stories that don't actually fit together and I don't know what I was watching the past 1,5 hours. Pictures of war make their message very clear, but then its messed up with the story that tries to cover too many things at the same time. So is it fiction? Well, no. Is it a documentary? Well, no, not that either...

    Most places shown in the move are totally wrong. Characters keep jumping from one end of the city to another in matters of seconds, some events that really happened are shown in wrong places, many times characters enter streets that in real life were sniper alleys etc. (meaning no way one could get near and stay alive), military checkpoints are mostly in the wrong places and so on, but one can forgive details like that.

    Welcome to Sarajevo is trying to show you how it was, living in Sarajevo under siege, but its constantly missing the point and showing the wrong things. If you want to know how it looked like, watch a documentary.

    To date the only realistic movie about Bosnian war is No Man's Land, and that would be my highest recommendation. Other than that, Lepa sela lepo gore is worth watching.
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    • Sep 9, 2003

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    • Release date
      • November 26, 1997 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • English
      • Serbian
      • Bosnian
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      • Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
    • Production companies
      • Miramax
      • Channel Four Films
      • Dragon Pictures
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    • 1 hour 43 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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