Tragic and funny

Rating: 8/10 (22 April 2012)

No Man's Land won the best foreign language film at the 2001 Academy awards. A war drama set in Bosnia at the time of the Balkan Civil War, it is an excellent look at those trying times.
Ciki, a Bosniak, and Nino, a Bosnian Serb, are trapped between enemy lines and trade insults which are, at times absurdly funny. A third soldier, Cera, awakens from unconsciousness and discovers a land mine underneath him which is designed to detonate if he gets up.
A sergeant from the United Nations from France named Marchand is ordered to remain neutral and when the story makes the international news, the higher ups change their minds and allow him to try to rescue Cera.
Peacekeeping forces finally arrive to lessen the tension but Ciji and Nino continue to bicker. In the meantime, Cera is begging for a bomb squad which may or may not save the day. No Man's Land is a valuable lesson in the futility of war.