Quo Vadis, Aida?
The Bosnia and Herzegovina nominee for Best International Feature at the 2021 Academy Awards tells the true story of a UN translator attempting to save her son, her husband, and herself during the Bosnian genocide. However, they are just three of thousands of citizens trying to flee from the invading Serbian army.
2021Rating: MA15+, High level violence, Adult themes104 minsBosnia and Herzegovina
DramaTrue Story & BiographyWarHistoricalWorld Cinema
- Director:
- Jasmila Žbanić ('Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams', 'On the Path')
- Writer:
- Jasmila Žbanić
- Cast:
- Jasna ĐuričićIzudin BajrovićBoris LerDino BajrovićJohan HeldenberghRaymond ThiryBoris IsakovicEmir Hadzihafizbegovic
Quo Vadis, Aida? | Reviews
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RogerEbert.com
A razor-sharp incrimination of failed foreign policies... embedded in a deeply humanist and moving character study...
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The Guardian
There’s a real tragic power in this almost unbearably brutal and shocking movie...
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NPR
The story is extraordinarily tense, but Zbanic tells it with great compassion and restraint...
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A.V. Club
Writer-director Jasmila Žbanić supplies the material with an urgency familiar to the docudramas of Paul Greengrass...
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