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Cast

Mirjana Karanovic
as Esma

Luna Mijovic
as Sara

Leon Lucev
as Pelda

Kenan Catic
as Samir

Jasna Ornela Berry
as Sabina

Dejan Acimovic
as Cenga

Bogdan Diklic
as Saran

Emir Hadzihafisbegovic
as Puska

Semka Sokolovic
as Pelda's Mother

Ermin Bravo
as Teacher Muha

Malke Hohne
as Jabolka

Jasna Zalica
as Plema

Maike Höhne
as Jabolka

Nada Durevska
as Aunt Safja

Vanesa Glodo
as Dzemila

Sabina Turulja
as Zehra

Sanja Buric
as Mirha

Hasiba Agic
as Singer in the Center

Mirsad Comaga
as Singer In The Bar

Enis Avdic
as Classmate

Minka Muftic
as Vasvija

Dunja Pasic
as Mila

Sedina Muhibic
as Maja

Hasija Boric
as Fadila

Hendrik Massute
as Soldier

Ana Jovanovic
as Dancer

Tamara Zaric
as Dancer

Mirza Tanovic
as Salesman

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Critic Reviews for Grbavica

Audience Reviews for Grbavica

• Oct 02, 2015

  Grbavica delivers as a real-life family drama. It is refreshing to see acting more genuine than melodramatic, and yet still make for dramatic effect. The film may be a bit difficult to follow in places if you are unfamiliar with the culture (I am) but overall, the cultural aspect makes the film moreso interesting than confusing. All-in-all, Grbavica is a refreshing change from your typical studio films.
  Robert B Super Reviewer
• Jun 19, 2009

  Bosnian director Jasmila Zbanic made an excellent movie about the true story of woman during the war in former Yugoslavia. Many Bosnian women had been raped by Serb soldiers, and this movie showed this issue in an unusual way.The touching story was very simple but showed in a delicate way through the relationship of an abused mother and her rebel teenage daughter. All the performances were fantastic but Mirjana Karanovic as Esma and the direction of Jasmila Zbanic were awesome and the result of the movie will certainly makes me want to watch it twice."
  Daisy M Super Reviewer
• Nov 14, 2008

  [font=Century Gothic]In "Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams," Esma(Mirjana Karanovic), a survivor of the Bosnian Genocide, is a seamstress in Sarajevo by day who takes a night job as a waitress at a bar owned by Saran(Bogdan Diklic) to make ends meet. However, the second job still does not give her enough money to pay for her daughter Sara's(Luna Mijovic) field trip. So it helps that her friend Sabina(Jasna Ornela Beri) is willing to look after her daughter, even though like most teenagers, she is acting out. [/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]While "Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams" is not earth shattering, it is certainly compelling enough in its exploration of a country that is still trying to come together after the atrocities committed more than a decade before. It certainly does not help matters that Esma's generation refuses to speak about their experiences.(The only reason she attends group meetings is to collect a government check.) To the viewer, it may seem very clear what she has gone through but to her daughter with a limited sense of history, it is a totally different matter. And maybe that is what the field trip is meant to rectify.[/font]
  Walter M Super Reviewer
• Sep 11, 2008

  very realistic and set in bosnia, all the characters have depth. the script is not amazing but the general story is well thought out and portrayed on screen gracefully and at an average pace. the best thing about this film for me was it's all new to me. i'd never seen a film made in bosnia or for that matter anywhere around the group of countries that used to be yugoslavia
  Sanity Assassin ! Super Reviewer

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