
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.
Samira

The Captain

Jasmina

The Nurse
Alisa
Halida

Mirsada

Doctor

Samira's Sister
Samira's Father
Samira's Mother

Village Neighbour
Village Neighbour's Husband
School Boy
School Girl
Arresting Soldier
Commander

Threatening Soldier

Nurse's Daughter
First Rapist
Second Rapist

Third Rapist

Amina

Caretaker

Sleeping Soldier
Experienced Soldier

Experienced Soldier
Bojan
New Woman
Hospital Nurse

Samira's Baby
Singing Girl
Experienced Soldier
(uncredited)