Film

As If I Am Not There

2010 · 1h 49m · Drama · War

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

85%

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.

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

• Juanita WilsonDirector · Writer
• Slavenka DrakulićNovel
• Karen RichardsProducer
• Nathalie LichtenthaelerProducer
• James FlynnProducer
• Anna CarlstenExecutive Producer
• Winfried HammacherExecutive Producer
• Tim FlemingDirector of Photography
• Kiril DžajkovskiOriginal Music Composer
• Nela VitosevicCasting

Release date

July 26, 2010

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 49m

Genres

Drama, War

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