As If I Am Not There
2010A harsh dose of cinematic realism about a harsh time – the Bosnian War of the 1990s – Juanita Wilson's drama is taken from true stories revealed during the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague. Samira is a modern schoolteacher in Sarajevo who takes a job in a small country village just as the war is beginning to ramp up. When Serbian soldiers overrun the village, shoot the men and keep the women as laborers (the older ones) and sex objects (the younger ones), Samira is subjected to the basest form of treatment imaginable.
Acted in
Nataša Petrović
as Samira
Feđa Štukan
as The Captain
Jelena Jovanova
as Jasmina
Sanja Burić
as The Nurse
Irina Apelgren
as Alisa
Zvezda Angelovska
as Halida
Nikolina Kujača
as Mirsada
Stellan Skarsgård
as Doctor
Angela Stojanovska
as Samira's Sister
Zoran Trajkovski
as Samira's Father
Sofija Kunovska
as Samira's Mother
Elpida Pakovska
as Village Neighbour
Ivo Stojanovski
as Village Neighbour's Husband
Filip Pešov
as School Boy
Jana Mirčevska
as School Girl
Kristijan Svetiev
as Arresting Soldier
Miraj Grbić
as Commander
Blagoj Veselinov
as Threatening Soldier
Marija Milićević
as Nurse's Daughter
Nino Levi
as First Rapist
Igor Angelov
as Second Rapist
Aleksandar Mikic
as Third Rapist
Slagjana Vujošević
as Amina
Jasna Diklić
as Caretaker
Bojan Velevski
as Sleeping Soldier
Saško Kocev
as Experienced Soldier
Gjorgji Neškoski
as Experienced Soldier
Nenad Mitevski
as Bojan
Kristina Lelevac
as New Woman
Jana Stojanovska
as Hospital Nurse
Andrej Bogoeski
as Samira's Baby
Anna Walsh
as Singing Girl
Vlado Dojčinovski
as Experienced Soldier
Katina Ivanova
as (uncredited)