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As If I Am Not There

  • 20102010
  • 1h 49m
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7.2/10
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As If I Am Not There (2010)
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A young female teacher from Sarajevo who travels to a remote village. Soon after arriving, the village is attacked by a group of soldiers. The men are killed, the women separated from the ch... Read allA young female teacher from Sarajevo who travels to a remote village. Soon after arriving, the village is attacked by a group of soldiers. The men are killed, the women separated from the children, and placed in a makeshift brothel.A young female teacher from Sarajevo who travels to a remote village. Soon after arriving, the village is attacked by a group of soldiers. The men are killed, the women separated from the children, and placed in a makeshift brothel.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.2K
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POPULARITY
35,022
8,238
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    • Director
      • Juanita Wilson
    • Writer
      • Juanita Wilson
    • Stars
      • Natasha Petrovic
      • Fedja Stukan
      • Jelena Jovanova
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    • Director
      • Juanita Wilson
    • Writer
      • Juanita Wilson
    • Stars
      • Natasha Petrovic
      • Fedja Stukan
      • Jelena Jovanova
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    • 32User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 7 nominations

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    Natasha Petrovic in As If I Am Not There (2010)
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    Natasha Petrovic
    Natasha Petrovic
    • Samira
    • (as Natasa Petrovic)
    Fedja Stukan
    Fedja Stukan
    • The Captain
    Jelena Jovanova
    Jelena Jovanova
    • Jasmina
    Sanja Buric
    • The Nurse
    Irina Apelgren
    • Alisa
    Zvezda Angelovska
    • Halida
    • (as Zvezdana Angelovska)
    Nikolina Kujaca
    • Mirsada
    Stellan Skarsgård
    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 Pesov
    • School Boy
    Jana Mircevska
    • School Girl
    Kristijan Svetiev
    • Arresting Soldier
    Miraj Grbic
    Miraj Grbic
    • Commander
    Blagoj Veselinov
    • Threatening Soldier
    • Director
      • Juanita Wilson
    • Writer
      • Juanita Wilson
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      Ireland's official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 84th Academy Awards 2012.

    User reviews32

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    Top review
    9/10
    Hard to stomach, but an undeniably well made and affecting film
    STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning

    Samira (Natasa Petrovic) is a young teacher from Sarajevo who takes a teaching job in a small village as the Bosnian war hots up. One day, as she is taking her class, she finds everyone being rounded up by Serbian soldiers and, while she protests she is merely there to work, she nevertheless finds herself rounded up with the women. From this point on, she finds her dignity and human rights ripped to shreds, as she is subjected to the most degrading treatment imaginable as a sex object, but, to save herself and the other women, she finds the inner strength and resilience inside to rise up and be counted as a person.

    It's a sad fact that sometimes the most affecting, heart wrenching stories involve being told the most unpleasant, disturbing ones, in order to feel their full impact. This is certainly the case with As If I Am Not There, which delves into the terrain of the Bosnian war in the early 90s. It's perversely fitting that it was not a widely seen film, because it holds little in the way of actual entertainment value...in fact, it's probably the furthest thing from entertaining you can imagine. In fact, sometimes you just feel like a sick person for watching it. But, as unflinching and terrible as some of the treatment is to watch, you have to see it in order to appreciate just what sort of hell went on.

    But the strong acting and writing make it into a worth seeing film, even if it is one of the more disturbing ones you'll watch. ****
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    • Release date
      • March 4, 2011 (Ireland)
    • Countries of origin
      • Ireland
      • Sweden
      • North Macedonia
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • German
      • Bosnian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Как будто меня там нет
    • Filming locations
      • Bascarsija, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
    • Production companies
      • Euroimages Fund of the Council of Europe
      • Film i Väst
      • Metropolitan Films International
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,347
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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