Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams

This is a smart, moving film, and ultimately optimistic. Hate may have the questions, but love has the answer.

[Director] Zbanic makes the awful seem commonplace and vice versa, while adding ominous shadows to Esma's untold backstory. The war might be over, but fear and hope remain locked in a rapturous stranglehold amidst the rubble.

Like its music, the film's emotions proceed from lament to screaming screed to chorus of hope.

Grbavica increases in power as it progresses. It's a movie about the ways in which people yearn for healing and about the many obstacles that work to prevent it.