As If I Am Not There
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DVD Details
- Rated: Unrated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 49 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: December 11, 2018
- Originally Released: 2018
- Label: Film Movement
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Sanja Buric & Fedja Stukan | |
Directed by | Juanita Wilson | |
Screenwriting by | Juanita Wilson | |
Director of Photography: | Tim Fleming |
Entertainment Reviews:
Natasha Petrovic has been justly praised for a performance that's evidently deeply felt....AS IF I AM NOT THERE has undeniable emotional impact.
Sight and Sound
Rating: 5/5 --
Its unblinking look at sexual violence and degradation makes for exceptionally uneasy viewing, but it's a film that really should be seen.
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Daily Mirror (UK)
Rating: 3/5 --
Impressively directed and superbly shot, this is an emotionally powerful, harrowing drama with a terrific performance from newcomer Natasha Petrovic.
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ViewLondon
Rating: 3/5 --
The story is told with a studied spareness. Dialogue and characterisation are minimal, the violence graphic.
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The Skinny
Rating: 3/5 --
An unforgettable central performance, but could be more dramatically engaging.
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Little White Lies
Rating: 4/5 --
It's an audaciously truthful film, made by a film-maker of considerable skill without an inch of prurience, and totally from a woman's point of view.
London Evening Standard
Wilson's direction and Tim Fleming's cinematography are enormous, stunning achievements. But if a movie is horrible to watch, then why watch it?
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Critic's Notebook
Product Description:
Filmmaker Juanita Wilson paints a harrowing portrait of a woman subjected to unrelenting horror in the midst of war in this powerful drama based on a true story. A lovely young woman in her twenties, Samira (Natasha Petrovic) was born and raised in a middle-class household in Sarajevo and has studied to be a teacher. Samira takes a job at a school in a country village, even though she's been warned that this will put her close to the fighting in Bosnia's civil war. Not long after Samira has settled in, the village is invaded by Serbian troops, and she and the rest of the women in town are rounded up and locked up in a holding facility while all the men are shot. Hours later, Samira is gang raped by a gang of soldiers and she and most of the other women are made the sexual slaves of the troops, only let out of their lock up when the soldiers want their services. Samira finds herself watching the violence inflicted on herself and the others from a physical and emotional distance, and isn't sure how to react to the few soldiers who show her any kindness. Adapted from a book by Slavenka Drakulic, AS IF I AM NOT HERE received its North American premiere at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 82,093
- UPC: 896137001405
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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