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      • As If I Am Not There (Serbian: Као да ме нема, Kao da me nema) is a 2010 Irish-Serbian drama film directed by Juanita Wilson. The film is set in the Balkans and is shot in the Serbo-Croatian language. It was selected as the Irish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but did not make the final shortlist.
      The film follows a young teacher who travels to a remote village. After the village is attacked, she is imprisoned and raped, together with the women of village. It is based on Slavenka Drakulić's 1999 novel of the same name that deals with war rape in the Bosnian War.


      Plot


      Set during the Bosnian War, the movie follows the experiences of a young female teacher from Sarajevo who travels to a remote village to teach. Soon after arriving, the village is attacked by a group of soldiers. The men are killed, the women separated from the children, and placed in a makeshift brothel. There, the women are repeatedly raped and beaten.
      The film is adapted from a novel by Croatian journalist Slavenka Drakulic based on testimony of women taken prisoner during the Bosnian War.


      Cast


      Nataša Petrović as Samira
      Fedja Stukan as The Captain
      Jelena Jovanova as Jasmina
      Miraj Grbić as Commander
      Jasna Diklić
      Zvezda Angelovska
      Nikolina Kujaca
      Sanja Burić
      Katina Ivanova
      Jana Stojanovska
      Nino Levi
      Irina Apelgren as Alisa
      Jana Mircevska
      Stellan Skarsgård


      Reception


      The film received positive reviews. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 85% based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10.


      See also


      List of submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
      List of Irish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film


      References




      External links


      As If I Am Not There at IMDb

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