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Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
Strand Releasing
MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring
Mirjana Karanovic,
Luna Mijovic,
Leon Lucev,
Kenan Catic,
Jasna Beri,
Dejan Acimovic,
Bogdan Diklic,
and
Emir Hadzihafisbegovic
In her stunning debut feature, writer/director Jasmila Žbanić explores the painful long-term effects of war on a Bosnian woman and her daughter. (Strand Releasing)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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Foreign
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Jasmila Zbanic
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Jasmila Zbanic
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: June 12, 2007
Theatrical: February 16, 2007
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| RUNNING TIME: |
90 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Austria / Bosnia-Herzegovina / Germany / Croatia |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
Serbo-Croatian (with English subtitles) |
Golden Berlin Bear, 2006 Berlin International Film Festival

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91
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
It appears to have been made from the inside, not only of the characters but of the historical situation in which they struggle.

88
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Bolstered by a beautifully shaded performance by Karanovic as a woman attempting to escape the torments of her past while securing a future for her daughter, Zbanic's film begs a pretty complex question: Is a love story possible in the aftermath of torture and genocide? The answer appears to be a tentative yes, both on the levels of the film and filmmaking, but it isn't easy.

88
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Zbanic, who lived through the Bosnian war in Sarajevo, is an unusual talent. Here, she makes us feel the hell her characters once lived through as well as the leftover, stinging pain of today.

83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Winda Benedetti
This is a spare and plainly told story, and it is that plainness that gives it so much punch.

80
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
While excellent films like Danis Tanovic's Oscar-winning "No Man's Land" and Vinko Bresan's "Witnesses" have dealt with the war itself, few have dealt with the aftermath, and none with the aching power and empathy of Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams.

75
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
The admirable feminist agenda occasionally trips up the narrative, but the film's performances keep it on track.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter Addiego
A moving but flawed premiere feature.

75
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Jasmila Zbanic's poignant drama reminds us that the aftershocks of war linger for generations.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Like its music, the film's emotions proceed from lament to screaming screed to chorus of hope.

75
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Mirjana Karanovic (Esma) and Luna Mijovic (Sara) give powerful performances as Zbanic imbues a simple story with a powerful commentary on the Bosnian war's devastating impact on the innocent.

75
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
The dramatic conflicts are soapy and unsubtle, but Karanovic pours intense authority into Esma's scarred psyche.

70
Village Voice
Ella Taylor
Grbavica is a womanly movie in the best sense: Zbanic has a deeply feminine sense of how crisis gets filtered through the domesticity of daily life.

70
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
Zbanic's story of an ordinary life stained by extraordinary cruelty cuts deep.

70
Washington Post
Philip Kennicott
The power of "Grbavica" is not the arc of its story line, but the fullness of the world Zbanic creates.

70
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
It is the two leading performances that make the film seem almost to reach down and embrace us.

67
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
The war might be over, but fear and hope remain locked in a rapturous stranglehold amidst the rubble.

60
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
Zbanic is such an acute observer of women's lives in their intimate details, and constructs such fine scenes, that I think this might be the best film to emerge from the aftermath of the Balkan conflict.

60
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Throughout Grbavica the desire to forget and the need to remember are at loggerheads. At Sara’s school the psychological wounds of the war are being handed down to her generation through the separation of heroes and nonheroes. Fathers pass their weapons down to their sons. Even as you leave a war behind, you bring it with you.

60
Slate
Dana Stevens
Grbavica is a surprisingly vibrant, at times even joyous, study of the way life goes on even after the most intolerable suffering.

50
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
In her brave first feature, Bosnian writer-director Jasmila Zbanic tackles the theme of war's aftermath.

40
Variety
Russell Edwards
Central performance by Mirjana Karanovic is instantly endearing. Unfortunately, film coasts on thesp's ability to evoke sympathy and leaves her stranded in this yarn that's all setup and little payoff.


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