As If I Am Not There (2010)
109 min
A harsh dose of cinematic realism about a harsh time – the Bosnian War of the 1990s – Juanita Wilson's drama is taken from true stories revealed during the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Samira is a modern schoolteacher in Sarajevo who takes a job in a small country village just as the war is beginning to ramp up. When Serbian soldiers overrun the village, shoot the men and keep the women as laborers (the older ones) and sex objects (the younger ones), Samira is subjected to the basest form of treatment imaginable.
- Release date
- July 26, 2010
- Country of origin
- Ireland
Where to watch
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Cast
- Natasha Petrovic as Samira
- Fedja Stukan as The Captain
- Jelena Jovanova as Jasmina
- Sanja Buric as The Nurse
- Zvezda Angelovska as Halida
- Nikolina Kujaca as Mirsada
- Stellan Skarsgård as Doctor
- Sofija Kunovska as Samira's Mother
- Miraj Grbic as Commander
- Blagoj Veselinov as Threatening Soldier
- Igor Angelov as Second Rapist
- Aleksandar Mikic as Third Rapist
- Slagana Vujosevik as Amina
- Jasna Diklić as Caretaker
- Sasko Kocev as Experienced Soldier
- Jana Stojanovska as Hospital Nurse
- Irina Apelgren as Alisa
- Angela Stojanovska as Samira's Sister
- Zoran Trajkovski as Samira's Father
Crew
- Juanita Wilson · Director
- Slavenka Drakulić · Writer
- Juanita Wilson · Writer
- James Flynn · Producer
- Nathalie Lichtenthaeler · Producer
- Karen Richards · Producer
- Kiril Dzajkovski · Composer
- Tim Fleming · Cinematographer
- Nathan Nugent · Editor
- Timka Grin · Casting director
- Nela Vitosevic · Casting director
- Bujar Muca · Production designer