Welcome to Sarajevo

original title:
Welcome to Sarajevo
other titles:
Sarajevo
country / year of production:
Great Britain , USA / 1997
original length:
101 min. , color
premiere:
F: 9 May 1997, Cannes Film Festival
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Michael Nicholson. Natasha's story. London: Macmillan, 1993.
director:
Michael Winterbottom
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plot synopsis:
This film takes place in Sarajevo in 1992 and deals with the hard-boiled TV journalist Michael Henderson. But this time he doesn't remain uneffected by war reality. When he visits an orphanage and sees how much the children suffer because of war, he starts thinking about changing things.
keywords:
journalism , children , escape , women during wartime , massacre
war:
Yugoslav Wars (1991-1999)
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remarks:
Was nominated for the "Golden Palm" at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997.
availability:
VHS, DVD, CD