Summaries

A woman who is raped and gives birth to a child in war torn Kosovo, struggles to keep her child.

Kosovar journalist Ema Berisha, working with two American journalists Laura and David Schwatz report from war torn Kosova. When the war reaches its highest peak the Americans are ordered to flee. They unsuccessfully try to persuade Ema to leave Kosova with them, but Ema is determined to stay. Upon returning home to marry. On her wedding night Serbian forces oust the refugee camps. The soldiers rape Emma. She becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl, which she names Ana. She is abandoned by her husband, and friends for not getting rid of the child. Unable to feed her baby, reluctantly she puts her into an orphanage. The American journalist David returns with Ema's payment for her work. With this new capital she runs to the orphanage to retrieve her child only to discover it is close. She discovers that children are taken to a monastery to be sold, with the help of Doresa, the American David and the Kosovar Komandant Shpati she attempts to save her child.—Doug Barron

Details

Keywords
  • woman
  • journalist
  • dead children
  • kosovo
  • bloody body of child
Genres
  • Drama
  • War
Release date Oct 29, 2006
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Germany Kosovo
Official sites Official site
Language English Serbo-Croatian Albanian
Filming locations Kosovo
Production companies AS Film Production LARA Enterprises

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Runtime 1h 39m
Color Color
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Synopsis

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