Slavko also begs Vlado to get his family out of the country, offering to help them escape to Vienna. Vlado refuses to believe that he must abandon his home. The moment we walk away, we lose everything. He soon understands how quickly everything can be lost. But it's too late to escape, and Vlado watches as Sarajevo deteriorates into a war zone.
Serbian snipers kill people on the streets and in their homes.
Vlado and his rifle join the city's defenders. When he is told that one sniper is able to shoot his victims in the head from a tremendous distance, Vlado knows he must stop the man. And he knows who the man must be. Considering its horrific subject, the film, directed by David Attwood on location in Sarajevo and Budapest, is understated. The war assaults the viewer's consciousness through the torturous accumulation of mundane losses.