Tension in and out of the trench.

Rating: 8/10 (9 January 2013)

Winner, Best Foreign Language Film, 2002.
"I've never seen anything like it", says a Bosnian Officer. That is quite a concise summary of the movie. The archive footage, the brilliant script that balances humor with the fanatic attitude of soldiers and the tense and unpredictable ending, all make this movie a must-watch.
Serbia has declared a war on Bosnia. Serbians are well-armed while Bosnia defends itself with armed civilians and police force. Cities are razed. Men are killed in the battle. Serbians call it "Ethical Cleansing".
A Bosnian relief squad set out to the enemy lines in the night and wait for the fog to lift up. Dawn arrives and by the time they are awake from their slumber, they are ambushed by the Serbian army. However, two soldiers survive. One is assumed to be dead by the other. The other survivor, Ciki, shot in the chest, rests at a makeshift house. Two men from the Serbian army are sent to check the field and Ciki kills one of them and injures the other.
The man from the Serbian army, Nino and Ciki have different perspectives of war and have verbal duels over the causes and atrocities of war. They make sure the other survivor, resting on a bouncing landmine, is given due medical aid. They chat up with each other but very soon get back to their fanatic-selves and try to kill each other.
UNPROFOR steps in the scene to help them but due to orders they pull back and wait for further orders. Media intervention and live coverage of the situation revs up the rescue operation. Ciki and Nino kill each other and the movie ends with Cera still lying on the undefusable mine.