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No Man's Land
A very good film, which I found it hard to categorise. At first, I thought the film would develop along familiar lines i.e. enemies forced together eventually discover a mutual respect and understanding, and finally reject their violent past etc... However, it doesn't work out like that - that would be too neat and tidy. I don't want to spoil the ending, but no one comes out of this film well, with maybe one or two exceptions. Ultimately, the film is a devastating & honest examination of the Serbia-Bosnia war - there's no happy ending or any redeeming acts at the end to restore your faith in humanity - which just makes the film even more powerful. Oh, and the film also works really well simply as a drama - its never dull or boring, and is well paced - there's no underlying political message for the viewer, other than to show us the absolute hopelessness of the Serbia-Bosnia war.
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