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Esma's Secret Details

2006

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Set in Sarajevo, ESMA'S SECRET tells the moving story of a mother struggling to provide for her 12-year-old daughter in the wake of the civil war. As a matter of pride, Esma refuses to cash in on her husband's war hero status--which would allow her daughter a discount on an upcoming school trip--preferring instead to raise the .. Read more

Starring	Mirjana Karanovic, Luna Mijovic, Leon Lucev, Kenan Catic
Director	Jasmila Zbanic
Genres	Drama

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Esma's Secret

Starring	Mirjana Karanovic, Luna Mijovic, Leon Lucev, Kenan Catic
Director	Jasmila Zbanic
Studio	DOGWOOF PICTURES
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: Serbo-Croat
Released	Production year: 2006 To Rent: DVD: 16 Apr 2007

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- This highly promising debut â" an emotionally intuitive, low-key realist drama from ex-documentary writer-director... read more on Time Out
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  A Secret Hard to Share
  
  Sarajevo, the present. Esma, a single mother, lives with her 12-year-old tomboy daughter Sara, working two jobs to enable them to survive in the run-... read more »
  
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  Another place, another life
  
  I enjoyed watching this movie as it showed me there are so many different lives on earth. A different country with people with different values and living. I ... read more »
  
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  This was an interesting look at how the country has rebuilt itself following the war. the story of a mother and her daughter provokes the realisation that there... read more »
  
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  Interesting and compelling
  
  To be honest, the only reason I didn't score this film more than 3/5 is purely based on the fact that it was low budget and that the 'secret' came ... read more »
  
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  Set in Sarajevo, ESMA'S SECRET tells the moving story of a mother struggling to provide for her 12-year-old daughter in the wake of the civil war. As a matter of pride, Esma refuses to cash in on her husband's war hero status--which would allow her daughter a discount on an upcoming school trip--...