The read
Audiences rate it 39 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Full-throttle melodrama about an ill-starred romance set against the backdrop of the siege of Sarajevo. A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes9%
Metacritic34/100
Audiences rate it 39 points higher than critics do.
479 audience votes
Key crew
- Sergio CastellittoDirector
- Sergio CastellittoWriter
- Eduardo CruzOriginal Music Composer
- Arturo AnnecchinoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Penélope CruzGemma
- Emile HirschDiego
- Adnan HaskovićGojco
- Saadet Işıl AksoyAska
- Pietro CastellittoPietro
- Mira FurlanVelida
- Jovan DivjakJovan
- Vinicio MarchioniGemma's husband
- Branko ĐurićDoctor
- Jane BirkinPsicologa
- Luca De FilippoArmando
- Sergio CastellittoGiuliano
Stills
Themes
rapecivil warbased on novel or bookbosnia and herzegovinabalkan warbosnian war (1992-95)infertilitynonlinear timeline1990sbalkansmother son relationshipbosnia