Genre: Drama - omnibus Synopsis:
In the country that used to be called Yugoslavia, no one asked women whether war was the right thing to do. But now women can decide whether it’s the right thing to do to bring children into that post-war world.
Five countries, five women, five stories. The film comprises five dramatic reflections on motherhood among young women today in the country formally known as Yugoslavia. Five films directed, in fact, by five such women.
A pregnant woman in a hospital meets the man who has just killed her husband. Another hides her pregnancy from her boyfriend because she knows her work will take her away from him. Yet another woman, expecting twins, is faced with a terible choice when one fetus is diagnosed with Down’s Syndrome. Having just given birth, a drug-addicted mother is told her child must be taken away for adoption. A young nun becomes pregnant.
These are everyday contemporary stories from Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia and Slovenia. Stories that look at the consequences of war from a different perspective. Stories that ask the question: what does it mean to give life after so much death?
producer:
SEE FILM PRO
Omladinskih brigada 224, Beograd
tel: +381 11 61 55 830, +381 64 14 69 119
fax: +381 11 61 55 830
seefilm@eunet.rs
