Welcome to Sarajevo
1997 · Movie · R · 103 min · ★ 6.5 · 76% critics
A team of international journalists enters a city under constant sniper and mortar fire, documenting daily life in a war zone. As they cover an aid effort to evacuate children, one reporter becomes personally involved and tries to bring a young orphan to safety.
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Details
- Years
- 1997
- Release date
- 1997-05-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (124 votes)
About
If you want a grounded war drama that mixes frontline reporting with personal moral choices, this may fit; Not for you if you avoid bleak, intense stories about civilians in danger, like A Mighty Heart or Casualties of War.
Pros: tense war-zone setting; human stakes; urgent reporting angle | Cons: grim subject matter; distressing violence; emotionally heavy tone
Themes
- journalist
- civil war
- england
- orphanage
- bosnian war (1992-95)
Cast & crew
Stephen Dillane
as Michael Henderson
Woody Harrelson
as Flynn
Marisa Tomei
as Nina
Goran Višnjić
as Risto Bavić
- EN
Emira Nušević
as Emira
Kerry Fox
as Jane Carson
James Nesbitt
as Gregg
Emily Lloyd
as Annie McGee
- ID
Igor Džambazov
as Jacket
- GG
Gordana Gadžić
as Mrs. Savić
Directed by Michael Winterbottom