As If I Am Not There

The story

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.

Cast

N Nataša PetrovićSamira F Feđa ŠtukanThe Captain J Jelena Jovanova PerikjJasmina S Sanja BurićThe Nurse I Irina ApelgrenAlisa Z Zvezda AngelovskaHalida N Nikolina KujačaMirsada S Stellan SkarsgårdDoctor A Angela StojanovskaSamira's Sister Z Zoran TrajkovskiSamira's Father S Sofija KunovskaSamira's Mother E Elpida PakovskaVillage Neighbour

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I Ivo StojanovskiVillage Neighbour's Husband F Filip PešovSchool Boy J Jana MirčevskaSchool Girl K Kristijan SvetievArresting Soldier M Miraj GrbićCommander B Blagoj VeselinovThreatening Soldier M Marija MilićevićNurse's Daughter N Nino LeviFirst Rapist I Igor AngelovSecond Rapist A Aleksandar MikicThird Rapist S Slagjana VujoševićAmina J Jasna DiklićCaretaker B Bojan VelevskiSleeping Soldier S Saško KocevExperienced Soldier G Gjorgji NeškoskiExperienced Soldier N Nenad MitevskiBojan J Jana StojanovskaHospital Nurse A Andrej BogoeskiSamira's Baby A Anna WalshSinging Girl V Vlado DojčinovskiExperienced Soldier K Katina Ivanova(uncredited) K Kristina LelovacNew Woman