As If I Am Not There

Overview

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.

Details

Cast

Nataša Petrović

Samira

Feđa Štukan

The Captain

Jelena Jovanova Perikj

Jasmina

Sanja Burić

The Nurse

Irina Apelgren

Alisa

Zvezda Angelovska

Halida

Nikolina Kujača

Mirsada

Stellan Skarsgård

Doctor

Angela Stojanovska

Samira's Sister

Zoran Trajkovski

Samira's Father

Sofija Kunovska

Samira's Mother

Elpida Pakovska

Village Neighbour

Ivo Stojanovski

Village Neighbour's Husband

Filip Pešov

School Boy

Jana Mirčevska

School Girl

Kristijan Svetiev

Arresting Soldier

Miraj Grbić

Commander

Blagoj Veselinov

Threatening Soldier

Marija Milićević

Nurse's Daughter

Nino Levi

First Rapist