QUO VADIS, AIDA? Trailer | TIFF 2021

Описание: Just because we deem certain things unimaginable doesn’t mean they cannot — and have not — already occurred. Twenty-five years after 8,372 Bosniak men and boys were slaughtered in Srebrenica during the Bosnian genocide, Jasmila Žbanić (the Festival selections Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams and For Those Who Can Tell No Tales) delivers her monumental fifth feature, Quo Vadis, Aida?

Based on these true events, the film tells the story of Aida (Jasna Ðuričić), a middle-aged English teacher and translator taking shelter in a United Nations military base operated by Dutch peacekeepers, alongside her husband, two sons, and 30,000 other refugees. As the Serbian army encroaches on the town and fatal round-ups begin, a UN ultimatum is ignored by the invading forces relentlessly shelling the civilians. Aida frantically scrambles to save her family within the so-called safe zone, while protection from the UN peacekeepers crumbles at the arrival of Republika Srpska army commander Ratko Mladić (Boris Isaković) — who would later be convicted for war crimes.

Ðuričić is outstanding under Žbanić’s sharp direction in this exploration of courage, resilience, and man’s monstrous capabilities. As Aida’s bargaining to save her family gives way to sacrifice, the film plays like a waking nightmare. It’s too late to ask where humanity went during this horrific ordeal. Now, we only have the accounts of those who survived. Žbanić, who herself survived the war, masterfully assembles these memories of atrocity into both a heart-wrenching artifact and a testament to the indomitable human spirit.

DOROTA LECH

Official Selection, 2020 Toronto International Film Festival

Nominee, 2021 Academy Awards: International Feature Film