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Welcome to Sarajevo

1997 · 103 min

A harrowing, clear-eyed plunge into a besieged city, balancing the camaraderie of reporters with the raw suffering of civilians, leaving a heavy but human afterglow.

Directed by
Michael Winterbottom
Genres
War, Drama, History
Starring
Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei
Tagline
To get the story, they’ll risk everything.
Overview
Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. While reporting on an American aid worker who’s trying to get children out of the country, a British correspondent decides to take an orphaned girl home to London.

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Directed by
Michael Winterbottom
Genres
War, Drama, History
Starring
Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • survival
  • isolation
  • family
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Action5
Horror5
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
war, drama, history
Directed by
Michael Winterbottom
Written by
Michael Nicholson, Frank Cottrell Boyce
Starring
Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Goran Višnjić, Emira Nušević, Kerry Fox, James Nesbitt, Emily Lloyd
Music
Adrian Johnston
Cinematography
Daf Hobson
Runtime
103 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
Bosnian, Serbian, English

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