May. 18, 2002 - 2:52 am
this movie won Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars this year. this is the film that beat Le Fabuleux destin d'Am�lie Poulain (2001). how do you beat Am�lie? you don't.
don't get me wrong. this film is pretty good. i'd say more like 7/10 material though. for one thing it's only 98 minutes, which surprised me because of its influential subject matter. it's a film about what happens when you put a Serb and a couple of Bosnian soldiers together in a trench in no man's land between the front lines. will they kill each other or become friends? well, i'll tell you that this movie definitely doesn't have a positive outlook on the war, the press, or the UN "peacekeepers" that were trying to watch over the situation.
yes, it's a good plot, good acting and interesting to see all of the various cultures and languages presented as forces unite to help the stranded soldiers. but i can't help balking at the idea of this beating Am�lie in any category. man, i need to buy that movie...it doesn't come out until April 25th??? what!?!?