No Man's Land

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No Man's Land

R,

2001,

1h 38m,

War/

Comedy

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92%

89 Reviews

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92%

10,000+ Ratings

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92%

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89 Reviews

92%

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10,000+ Ratings

Ciki (Branko Djuric) and Nino (Rene Bitorajac), a Bosnian and a Serb, are soldiers stranded in No Man's Land -- a trench between enemy lines during the Bosnian war. They have no one to trust, no way to escape without getting shot, and a fellow soldier is lying on the trench floor with a spring-loaded bomb set to explode beneath him if he moves. The absurdity of their situation would be comical if it didn't have such dire consequences.

Critics Consensus

Bleak and darkly humorous, No Man's Land vividly illustrates the absurdity of war.

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Eric Harrison

Houston Chronicle

Feb 15, 2002

A

It's hard to believe this is writer-director Danis Tanovic's first feature fiction film.

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Jane Sumner

Dallas Morning News

Feb 7, 2002

The acting's so strong and the dialogue so realistic, that it feels authentic.

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Andrew Sarris

Observer

Jan 9, 2002

A strange and disturbing film, but it is not without a stirringly humanist compassion even at its most outlandish and outrageous.

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John A. Nesbit

Old School Reviews

Jun 17, 2011

B

absurd situation creates lasting images that don't diminish with time

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Feb 28, 2007

5/5

A brilliant and brilliantly disturbing film.

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Judith Egerton

Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

Jun 25, 2004

3/4

Tanovic adroitly indicts the entrenched hostilities between people and nations.

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Hagrid M

Jan 20, 2018

The reasons to start wars are always so complicate and messy you could study them weeks. The simplicity of 2 men trying to kill each other for reasons they don't even know, though, is very clear and shocking. And that's what this movie show us. A parable of the circus of war. I liked it, still I was expecting more from this academy award winner.

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Kylo P

Aug 23, 2016

No Man's Land is a 2001 war film that is set in the midst of the Bosnian War. The film is a parable and marked the debut of Bosnian writer and director Danis Tanovi?. This war film, set during a recent war in the former Yugoslavia, depicts the folly and tragedy of war, with some humour along the way. With a unique screenplay and solid performances, this Bosnian film has numerous layers which keeps the viewer wondering about the final outcome. AAWFL GGWF 1001

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Branko Djuric

Ciki

Rene Bitorajac

Nino

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Synopsis

Ciki (Branko Djuric) and Nino (Rene Bitorajac), a Bosnian and a Serb, are soldiers stranded in No Man's Land -- a trench between enemy lines during the Bosnian war. They have no one to trust, no way to escape without getting shot, and a fellow soldier is lying on the trench floor with a spring-loaded bomb set to explode beneath him if he moves. The absurdity of their situation would be comical if it didn't have such dire consequences.

Director: Danis Tanovic
Producer: Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela, Marc Baschet, Cédomir Kolar
Screenwriter: Danis Tanovic
Distributor: United Artists
Production Co: Fabrica
Rating: R (Violence|Language)
Genre: War, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 21, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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