THE traumatic legacy of the Bosnian conflict is given an eloquent human expression in this award-winning melodrama.

Mirjana Karanovic‘s Esma lives in a rundown suburb of Sarajevo with her teenage daughter and works day and night to support them both. The daughter is delighted by the prospect of a school trip that will cost them nothing because her father died a martyr.

The reality of the situation reveals a much more painful truth about the past in this plaintive, persuasive tale.
Cert 15, Dogwood Pictures, DVD