Grbavica DVD 2006 Esma'nin Sirri / Directed by Jasmila Žbanić / Starring: Mirjana Karanović, Luna Mijović, Leon Lučev

UPC 8699943800734

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN TURKEY

AUDIO: Serbo-Croatian 2.0, Turkish 2.0

SUBTITLES: Turkish

Total Runtime: 91 minutes

English Summary:

Grbavica is a 2006 film by Jasmila Žbanić about the life of a single mother in contemporary Sarajevo in the aftermath of systematic rapes of Bosniak women by Serbian soldiers during the Bosnian War.^[1] It was released in the United Kingdom as Esma's Secret: Grbavica, and in USA as Grbavica: Land of My Dreams. 

Single mother Esma lives with her 12-year-old daughter Sara in post-war Sarajevo. Sara wants to go on a school field trip and her mother starts working as a waitress at a nightclub to earn the money for the trip.

Sara befriends Samir, who, like Sara, has no father. Both of their fathers allegedly died as war heroes. Samir is surprised to find out that Sara does not know the circumstances of her father's death. Samir's own father was killed by Serbian military near Žuč when he refused to leave the trench he was defending. Whenever Sara and her mother discuss this delicate topic, however, Esma's responses are always vague. The situation grows more complicated when students who can provide a certificate proving that they are the offspring of war heroes can go on the field trip for free. Esma explains to Sara that her father's corpse was never found and that she has no certificate. She promises to try to obtain the document. Secretly, however, Esma attempts to borrow the money Sara needs from her friend Sabina, her aunt and her boss.

Turkish Summary:

Esma'nın Sırrı (Özgün adı: Grbavica), 2006 Almanya, Avusturya, Bosna-Hersek, Hırvatistan yapımı drama filmi. Yugoslavya savaşlarını konu edinen film 2006 Berlin Film Festivali'nde Altın Ayı almıştır. 

Saraybosna'da savaş bütün acımasızlığıyla sürerken kentin Grbavica mahallesi TN kontrolündeydi. Korkunç savaş suçlarının bir kısmı bu semtle özdeşleşti. Filmin kahra manları olan anne kızın hayatını da bu savaş belirlemişti. Babasının bir şehit olduğun zanneden kızı, büyüdükçe huzursuz ve asi bir genç haline gelmektedir. Anne — çekişmesinin başlı başına bir sorun olabileceği bu dönemde bir de araya geçmişin sak kalan acıları girince bir aile krizi kaçınılmaz olur.

Cast / Oyuncular / Uloge:

• Mirjana Karanović as Esma Halilović
• Luna Mijović as Sara
• Leon Lučev as Pelda
• Kenan Ćatić as Samir
• Jasna Beri as Sabina
• Dejan Aćimović as Čenga
• Bogdan Diklić as Šaran
• Emir Hadžihafizbegović as Puška
• Ermin Bravo as Professor Muha
• Semka Sokolović-Bertok as Pelda's Mother
• Maike Höhne as Jabolka
• Jasna Žalica as Plema
• Nada Džurevska as Aunt Safija
• Emina Muftić as Vasvija
• Dunja Pašić as Mila