Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.9/10   

Director:

Michael Winterbottom

Escritores:

Michael Nicholson (book)
Frank Cottrell Boyce (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

26 noviembre 1997 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Guerra

Frase comercial:

For this celebrated, outrageous, adrenaline-loving bunch of reporters, home is the latest war zone. Now, one of them is about to do the unthinkable--get emotionally involved.

Plot:

Journalist Floyd from US, Michael Henderson from UK and their teams meet the beginning of Bosnian war in Sarajevo...

Plot Keywords:

Bosnian War | Orphanage | England | Sarajevo | War Aftermath

Premios:

1 win & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A powerful tour through hell on Earth

Reparto

Stephen Dillane	...	Michael Henderson
Woody Harrelson	...	Flynn
Marisa Tomei	...	Nina
Emira Nusevic	...	Emira
Kerry Fox	...	Jane Carson
Goran Visnjic	...	Risto Bavic
James Nesbitt	...	Gregg
Emily Lloyd	...	Annie McGee
Igor Dzambazov	...	Jacket
Gordana Gadzic	...	Mrs. Savic
Juliet Aubrey	...	Helen Henderson
Drazen Sivak	...	Zeljko
Vesna Orel	...	Munira
Davor Janjic	...	Dragan
Vladimir Jokanovic	...	Emira's Uncle

También conocida como:

Sarajevo (UK) (working title)
Bienvenidos a Sarajevo (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for brutal images/war atrocities and language.

Duración:

103 min

País:

UK | USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Serbo-Croatian

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Locaciones de Filmación:

Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Compañía:

Channel Four Films

Errores:

Continuidad: When the bus is stopped by the Chetniks, the gun of the leader alternates between being a type of Kalashnikov and a French FAMAS.

Citas:

[Flynn has saved a child from sniper fire, getting photographed by the world's media in the process]
Annie McGee: What you did wasn't about Sarajevo. It was all about you.
Flynn: Funny thing is, back home no-one's heard of Sarajevo, and everyone's heard of me.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Eine Kleine Lift Musik

A powerful tour through hell on Earth

What "Welcome To Sarajevo" did was open my eyes and help me realize how fortunate I am. Sarajevo was a peaceful, metropolitan city not unlike many cities in North America. But it is no longer. It's almost too easy to clear your mind of the strife going on in other parts of the world. Sometimes we feel guilty for being so fortunate. Sometimes we feel horror at the news reports of inhuman atrocities. And most times we shut out the reality of it as it is rarely affecting us in a personal way.

This gripping tale of war-torn Sarajevo is told through the eyes of British reporters. It will probably shock, jar and depress you, but it will most certainly increase your sense of global awareness, and instill a better appreciation of the liberties that most of us have taken for granted. Images from concentration camps hauntingly mimic those from fifty years ago.

This film is based on an amazing true story of one man's personal involvement and promise to rescue one refugee child and the great lengths to which he must go to deliver her from a war zone.

I caught this film in its limited theatrical run following its inclusion in the 1997 Toronto Film Festival. I exited the theater with my wife in a staggering awe-struck state. No one could fully communicate what it would be like to live in a war zone, but this film gives you a potent taste without pulling any punches.

What this means is that most people will likely find it difficult to recommend this film to friends. It's not an uplifting tale, but it is an extremely important one, and I feel privileged and fortunate for having seen it.