No Man's Land (2001 film)

Two wounded soldiers, a Bosniak (Čiki, portrayed by Branko Đurić) and a Bosnian Serb (Nino, portrayed by Rene Bitorajac) are caught between their lines in the no man's land, in a struggle for survival. The two soldiers confront each other in a trench, where they wait for dark. They trade insults and even find some common ground. Confounding the situation is another wounded Bosniak soldier (Cera, portrayed by Filip Šovagović) who wakes from unconsciousness. A land mine had been buried beneath him by the Bosnian Serbs; should he make any move, it would be fatal.

A French sergeant (Marchand, portrayed by Georges Siatidis), of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), gets involved in effort to help the three trapped soldiers, despite initial orders to the contrary by high command. UNPROFOR's mission in Bosnia was to guard the humanitarian aid convoys, to remain neutral and act as a mere bystander. Luckily, an English reporter arrives on scene, bringing media pressure to bear that moves the United Nations high command to swing into action to try to save the soldiers.

A row between the stressed out and fatigued Čiki and Nino gradually escalates even after being rescued. Eventually, Čiki shoots Nino and is in turn shot by a Peacekeeper. Meanwhile, it is found that the mine cannot be defused. The UNPROFOR high command tries to save face: they lie, saying that Cera has been saved and they leave the area, along with the reporters and everyone else.

In reality, Cera is left alone and desolate in the trenches, still immobilized by the mine. Meanwhile, the UNPROFOR commander has arranged false information to be passed to both Bosnian and Serb troops, to make them believe their enemies will be trying to reoccupy the trench at night (which each side would try to counter with an artillery barrage that presumably will kill Cera and obliterate the evidence).

• Branko Đurić - Čiki
• Rene Bitorajac - Nino
• Filip Šovagović - Cera
• Georges Siatidis - Sergeant Marchand
• Serge-Henri Valcke - Captain Dubois
• Sacha Kremer - Michel
• Alain Eloy - Pierre
• Mustafa Nadarević - Older Serbian soldier
• Bogdan Diklić - Serbian officer
• Boro Stjepanović - Bosnian soldier
• Simon Callow - Colonel Soft
• Katrin Cartlidge - Jane Livingstone, journalist
• Tanja Ribič - Martha
• Branko Završan - Deminer
• Mirza Tanović - officer

Some of the awards that the film won are:

• Best Foreign Language Film, 2002 74th Academy Awards
• Best Foreign Language Film, 2002 59th Golden Globe Awards
• Best Screenplay Award, European Film Academy
• Best Screenplay, 2001 Cannes Film Festival[3]

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