Summaries

Two years after the Bosnian war, a town that is slowly rebuilding itself must whip together a democracy when it's announced the U.S. President Bill Clinton might be paying a visit.

In the Bosnian town of Tesanj, not long after the Balkan war, land mines claim victims, corruption is rampant, women are trafficked into Serbia, but there's a sort of peace. Zaim, the retired police chief, has alcoholic visions of his dead son Adnan, whose body's missing. Adnan's siblings, Faruk and Azra, watch their father's decline. It's announced that President Clinton will pay Tesanj a visit to see the new harmony. Whores are hidden from sight, Serbs are trucked in to integrate the neighborhood; the children's choir learns "House of the Rising Sun." Meanwhile, Faruk wants to sort out his brother's death to bring some peace to his house. Can it work out? Irony is everywhere.—<[email protected]>

The plot takes place in the small town of Tesanj in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, two years after the Bosnian War. The town is overridden by corruption, prostitution and organized crime. People of Tesanj live in peace, though the war scars are visible everywhere in town, as well as in people's souls. After the war, the population of Tesanj consists almost exclusively of ethnic Bosniaks. Ethnic Serbs now live in surrounding villages. It is announced that U.S. president Bill Clinton will pay a visit to the town. Western bureaucrats arrive to Tesanj to supervise the preparations for the visit. Everything in the town must be in order, including the faked brotherhood between Bosniaks and Serbs.—Mario Jurisic

Details

Keywords
  • town
  • whip
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Apr 27, 2004
Countries of origin France Turkey Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina
Official sites official site
Language English Serbian Bosnian
Production companies Ciné-Sud Promotion Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion GmbH Refresh Production

Box office

Gross worldwide $61039

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 45m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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