In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)

During the Bosnian War, Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, re-encounters Ajla, a Bosnian who's now a captive in his camp he oversees. Their once promising connection has become ambiguous as their motives have changed.

Director:

Angelina Jolie

Writer:

Angelina Jolie

Stars:

Zana Marjanovic, Goran Kostic, Rade Serbedzija

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Zana Marjanovic	...	Ajla
Goran Kostic	...	Danijel
Rade Serbedzija	...	Nebojsa
Vanessa Glodjo	...	Lejla
Nikola Djuricko	...	Darko
Branko Djuric	...	Aleksandar
Fedja Stukan	...	Petar
Alma Terzic	...	Hana
Jelena Jovanova	...	Esma
Ermin Bravo	...	Mehmet
Boris Ler	...	Tarik
Goran Jevtic	...	Mitar
Ermin Sijamija	...	Vuc
Milos Timotijevic	...	Durja
Jasna Beri	...	Mejrema (as Jasna Ornela Bery)

Storyline

During the Bosnian War, the captive Bosnian Ajla is brought with other women to a Serbian barrack to serve the soldiers. The commander Danijel recognizes Ajla that he met in a night-club and wooed her and he discreetly protects her. They rekindle their love, but can they trust on each other?

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Plot Keywords:

bosnian war | soldier | emaciation | bus | food | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for war violence and atrocities including rape, sexuality, nudity and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Marija Karan, Branko Tomovic and Branka Katic were also considered for the lead roles.

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Goofs

The Russian made RPG 7 used to fire on the U.N. aid convoy has no warhead on it. As such it would be unable to fire.

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Quotes

Nebojsa: You think we are too harsh? I understand. You are young. You don't care about the past.

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Connections

Featured in Balkan Spirit (2013)

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Soundtracks

The Waves
Performed by Dado Jehan (as Dado Dzihan & Waves and Patterns)
© 2011 Varèse Sarabande

User Reviews

My short opinion

I haven't watched the whole movie yet (for me it wasn't that easy to do so at once) so I thought it would be helpful to check some reviews first. There are so many comments on Bosnian war and few information on the movie itself ( I didn't bother to read them all). Anyway, I actually found these comments funny and somewhat absurd at the same time. The fact that I'm reading "historical facts" about my country and a war was kind of confusing. At some points I wondered if it is Bosnia and Herzegovina people talked about. Too many facts about history, traditions and nationalities one should know to be able to comment that perspective of the movie. Watch the movie instead, from your point of view, as a human being, without choosing sides and if nothing else then bear this message in your minds: that war was as brutal and violent as it is shown but something like that could happen to anyone. You will always find some background historical story in each country that could cause that physical and emotional suffering we've been through.You should also understand that there are still some people out there forgotten by the rest of the world as we were in 90's. This is where I come to conclusion that from what I have seen so far Angie sent out the messages we've been served from movie industry for a long time, only choosing the different settings and unfortunately non-fictional story.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

Bosnian Serbian Croatian English

Release Date:

16 February 2012 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

In the Land of Blood and Honey

Filming Locations:

Vares, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$18,854, 25 December 2011

Gross USA:

$303,877

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,203,699

Company Credits

Production Co:

GK Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1