Samira is a young teacher from Sarajevo who takes a teaching job in a small village .Serbian soldiers take them all even though she explains she is only there to teach,this comes to no avail she is herded like other women to a camp ,she is in a state of shock having witnessed mass shootings. Her dignity as a human and a woman is torn to pieces. Watching/feeling the aftermath of the torture to herself, of the other women and one very young girl whos rapist/torturer knew her brother..gross!!
She decides not to die silent..but to use her femininity to get a "somewhat" easier existence. She gets noticed by the Captain and becomes his main girl. Which is quite disturbing also because he doesn't torture or threaten her but gives her the simple things like food,access to a bath.... the small things we take granted become like a currency. (I am forced to ask myself if i would do this under the same conditions.And the answer is probably yes after being raped and beaten any respite would be welcome).
He knows she hates him/fears him which still make him a raper, but he doesn't want to force her like the others...This leads to a complicated situation with the other girls who are experiencing the hell of the other soldiers.
A very dark look at humans in general..Serbian men in this particular case since they all grew up along side these women maybe even went to the same schools somehow making it worse for me to understand.
Anyway she survives but what is left is a shell of her former self.Its very sad to think of these ladies having to go through such horrors and the men thinking they can get away with it.
But the strong acting makes it into a compelling film, even though extremely disturbing .
She decides not to die silent..but to use her femininity to get a "somewhat" easier existence. She gets noticed by the Captain and becomes his main girl. Which is quite disturbing also because he doesn't torture or threaten her but gives her the simple things like food,access to a bath.... the small things we take granted become like a currency. (I am forced to ask myself if i would do this under the same conditions.And the answer is probably yes after being raped and beaten any respite would be welcome).
He knows she hates him/fears him which still make him a raper, but he doesn't want to force her like the others...This leads to a complicated situation with the other girls who are experiencing the hell of the other soldiers.
A very dark look at humans in general..Serbian men in this particular case since they all grew up along side these women maybe even went to the same schools somehow making it worse for me to understand.
Anyway she survives but what is left is a shell of her former self.Its very sad to think of these ladies having to go through such horrors and the men thinking they can get away with it.
But the strong acting makes it into a compelling film, even though extremely disturbing .