I don’t know why I should say that I’m surprised that this looks good, but I am, and it does. It looks really good, in fact.
Written and directed by Angelina Jolie, In the Land of Blood and Honey centers around “a love affair [that] blooms between a Bosnian woman and a Serbian man during war in the 1990s.” It stars Goran Kostić, Zana Marjanović, and Rade Å erbedžija — the film’s cast is entirely local actors (if you can call the six countries former comprising Yugoslavia “local”).
The film hits screens on December 23, 2011 — which is basically shorthand for, “We think this is an Oscar contender.” There are two versions of the film, which were filmed simultaneously: one in English, and another in the Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian language (or BHS). Undoubtedly, we’ll get the English one here.
Goddamn 5 seconds of that bulldozer scene is easily the most chilling thing I’ve seen all year.
Made worse because this happened. And still happens.Â
Ugh. Right before Xmas… Still haunted by The Whistleblower.