TFF - Quo Vadis, Aida?
Mature themes, violence and coarse language
Bosnia, July 1995. As the Serbian army encroaches, Aida (Jasna Ðuricic) and her family are amongst over 30,000 people seeking refuge in a UN peacekeeper military base. Using her modest connections, she manages to get her husband and two sons into the relative safety of the base. Aida believes in the values of the UN and in its ability to de-escalate the situation. But it soon becomes clear that the Serbian army has no intention of respecting the UN ultimatum and that the UN has limited means or will to enforce it. Privy to the flailing negotiations, Aida becomes increasingly desperate as she manoeuvres to keep her family safe. Žbanic, a survivor of the war herself, won the Berlinale Golden Bear for her astonishing first feature Grbavica (2006), and also explored the lingering impact of the war in For Those Who Can Tell No Tales (SFF 2014). With Quo Vadis, Aida? she takes her vital filmmaking – as important in documenting the past as it is cautionary for our present – to new levels of immediacy and power.
Release Date:
06/11/2021
Running Time:
104 mins
Director
Jasmila Žbanić
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