Summaries

"Bosnia: Past Continuous" is an independent documentary about the break up of Yugoslavia, Bosnian conflict of 1992-95 and twenty years of the post-war life in Bosnia.

Has suffered one of the most horrifying wars in modern European history, for the last twenty years Bosnia is trying to get used to peace. But the conflict of 1992-95 left such a deep scar on the surface of this land that the war here still seems to be more real than the peace that came afterwards. "Bosnia: Past Continuous" is a story of a country where the present is defined by the past. Three presidents rule Bosnia at the same time, internal politics is supervised by a bureaucrat from the UN having unlimited powers and the Bosnian Constitution violates the rights of its own citizens by ethnic principle. Twenty years ago these strange rules of Bosnian life became a temporary compromise needed to stop the war. But temporary has transformed into permanent in Bosnia. This documentary tries to answer the question: what have these twenty years of compromise become for Bosnia? A time of healing and reconciliation or a continuation of the war behind a new face? Can the Bosnian Muslims, Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats release their past and proceed to live in the present finally? Film director is trying to find the answer with the help of very different people: historians, politicians, priests, ordinary Bosnians. The only thing all the heroes have in common is that they all live in Bosnia and the post-war reality of this country is not just an abstract political compromise but their own real life. Twenty years ago the torn Bosnian wound was treated with a sticking plaster. What would we see if the plaster is removed?

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Genres
  • War
  • Documentary
Release date Nov 30, 2016
Countries of origin Russia
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Filming locations Croatia

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 20m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 16 : 9

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