Quo Vadis, Aida?

Name: Quo Vadis, Aida?
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: March 5, 2021
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 97
Cast: Boris Isakovic, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrovic, Emir Hadzihafizbegovic, Izudin Bajrovic

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Cinéart | Release Date: March 5, 2021 | Approved

Starring: Boris Isakovic, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrovic, Emir Hadzihafizbegovic, Izudin Bajrovic, Jasna Djuricic, Johan Heldenbergh, Raymond Thiry, Reinout Bussemaker, Teun Luijkx

Summary: Bosnia, July 11th 1995. Aida is a translator for the United Nations in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to interpret. What is atBosnia, July 11th 1995. Aida is a translator for the United Nations in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to interpret. What is at the horizon for her family and people - rescue or death? Which move should she take? [Super LTD]… Expand

Director: Jasmila Zbanic

Genre(s): Drama, History, War

Rating: Approved

Runtime: 101 min

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Justin Chang

Mar 10, 2021

Quo Vadis, Aida? re-creates history in the present tense, with a gut-clutching immediacy that Žbanić makes bearable through sheer formal restraint. Read full review

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The Playlist Carlos Aguilar

Mar 11, 2021

Superbly executed, Quo Vadis, Aida? is a masterful high wire act of tension and devastating humanism. Read full review

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Liam Lacey

Apr 7, 2021

Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić succeeds where many filmmakers fail in conveying the dimensions of a mass atrocity in a film that matches clear-eyed personal experience to history in a lightly fictionalized story. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Mar 11, 2021

Zbanic expertly wades through the scenario so that we aren’t taken for granted. Rather than show us what we know is happening, she includes foreshadowing, rumors, and expressions to put a chill in our spine instead. What’s more is her ability to weave in the reality that this fight concerns divisions on the lines of religion and race rather than pure geography. Read full review

Lee Marshall

Jan 26, 2021

The energy and passion of Zbanic’s fresh, new, direct gaze at the conflict comes through in every frame. Read full review

Anna Swanson

Apr 8, 2021

It’s all too common for history to remember victims as numbers, but Quo Vadis, Aida? counters this, offering instead an eye-opening and deeply felt personal portrait of tragedy. Read full review

Mark Kermode

Jan 26, 2021

Like the unblinking closeup that concludes the deeply moving (and ultimately redemptive?) epilogue to Quo Vadis, Aida?, Žbanić’s powerful and personal film keeps its eyes wide open. Read full review

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Ocjenjivac

Apr 10, 2021

A perfectly made movie telling the horrors every single person on the planet should know about. Never forget Srebrenica!

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Brent_Marchant

Mar 12, 2021

The Srebenica Massacre of 1995 was one of the most horrific incidents of the Bosnian War, and the chilling events that led up to it as it played out are presented in unsettling detail in this superb, if troubling, historical account. Told from the perspective of a UN interpreter whoThe Srebenica Massacre of 1995 was one of the most horrific incidents of the Bosnian War, and the chilling events that led up to it as it played out are presented in unsettling detail in this superb, if troubling, historical account. Told from the perspective of a UN interpreter who struggles to find safety for her family during the crisis, the film follows the ordeals of Muslim refugees fleeing the onslaught of merciless Serb militants and the United Nations' inability and ineptitude in providing the protection promised them. Director Jasmila Zbanic's latest puts viewers in the middle of the unfolding genocide, re-creating the horror and anguish experienced by those caught up in it without ever becoming graphic or gratuitous but nevertheless palpably unnerving. The excellent ensemble cast, led by the award-worthy performance of Jasna Djuricic as the desperate protagonist, sell this story so effectively that one can't help but feel what they and their peers are going through. "Quo Vadis, Aida?" will undoubtedly leave audiences uncomfortable and heartbroken, but it brings to light the unspeakable atrocities that occurred during this conflict in hopes that we never experience it again.… Expand

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bertobellamy

Jul 4, 2021

"Now you will see the real film," says a Serbian soldier just before one of the most wrenching scenes I've seen in a long time. It's as if director Jasmila Zbanic is warning us about the madness that is the "fiction" that comes after: the crude reality of a country going on despite all the"Now you will see the real film," says a Serbian soldier just before one of the most wrenching scenes I've seen in a long time. It's as if director Jasmila Zbanic is warning us about the madness that is the "fiction" that comes after: the crude reality of a country going on despite all the suffering as if nothing had happened.

'Quo Vadis, Aida?' really hit me. I lay there motionless witnessing the horrors of war. Why did the atrocity represented here happen? The film clearly points to the inefficiency of the UN; it's just frustrating seeing them as mere spectators of the whole crisis.

Jasna Djuricic's role as Aida is so powerful, and it really deserved more recognition. The way she translates the concern of a mother in the most difficult of situations is very convincing. It took me a while to finally see this film, and I just have to thank Zbanic for exploring a very painful chapter of the history of her country and the whole world.… Expand

2 of 2 users found this helpful20

tirnanog21

Mar 20, 2021

I did not want to watch it at first because for me the plot is not so interesting BUT I gave it a try and Quo Vadis, Aida is a masterpiece!

4 of 9 users found this helpful45

1984amra

Mar 15, 2021

Bravo Jasmila, finally someone show the true in the movie about Srebrenica.
This movie should tell the world that genocide was helped in the Europe after holocaust.

6 of 12 users found this helpful66

atomant

Dec 30, 2021

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Quo vadis, Al-Kaida ? Typical propaganda

kad je djvo dosao po svoje ubice i koljaci su zakukali pomagaj zapade… Expand

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Krle

Mar 20, 2021

Quo vadis, Al-Kaida ? Typical propaganda project funded by 16 goverments to re-create history for political reasons.

6 of 25 users found this helpful619

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