northsteven-1 Review of Vukovar Poste Restante

Vukovar Poste Restante (1994)

Vukovar Poste Restante is the most awarded Serbian (ex Yugoslavian) film.

[10/10 · 22 December 2017]

Vukovar Poste Restante is the most awarded Serbian (ex Yugoslavian) film. > Vukovar Poste Restante is everlasting story about love between two young people, Anna and Toma, - she a Croat, he a Serb - who marry on the eve of the war. Their strong love has been facing terrors, madness and absurdity of the civil war. > Film that tells, shows but does not judge. > > Vukovar Poste Restante is an independent film and the only feature film that was completely shot in 35 days at the original location during the civil war (1993). > The film has been shown at more than 45 festivals all over the world and won 16 international awards. > Ms. Barbara Boxer, US Senator from California, sent a recommendation to the President of the USA at the time, Bill Clinton, for screening the film at the White House. > Vukovar Poste Restante was invited by UN to be shown on Human Rights Day because of its strong anti-war message. > > Critics recognized... > Vukovar Poste Restante is a monumental achievement that deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as "All Quiet on the Western Front", "Apocalypse Now" and "The Killing Fields". Seattle Post-Intelligencer by William Arnold > Discovery! Vukovar Poste Restante is a master-piece" Het Volk, Belgium by J. de Ruych > This is a very powerful film with a strong message of reconciliation. Alvaro de Soto, a senior UN official > Vukovar Poste Restante will stand as on of the most powerful anti-war films ever made. Newsweek by Joan Ellis > Vukovar Poste Restante is apolitical, anti-war film. Steve Tesich, Writer, Oscar winner > Vukovar Poste Restante achieves a level of irony that places it among the best anti-war movies ever made. Washington Post by Hal Hinson > Unforgettable images... Variety by Allen Young > Remarkable achievement... The Post and Courier by Bill Thompson