As If I Am Not There
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As If I Am Not There is a 2010 Irish drama film
directed by Juanita Wilson
. The film is set in the Balkans
and is shot in the Serbo-Croatian language. The film has been selected as the Irish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 84th Academy Awards
.
As If I Am Not There is based on Slavenka Drakulić
's 1999 novel of the same name that deals with war rape
in Bosnia in the 1990s
.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Juanita Wilson
Juanita Wilson
Juanita Wilson is an Irish director and writer from Dublin. Her short film The Door received an Irish Film and Television Award in 2009 and an Academy Award nomination in 2010...
. The film is set in the Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
and is shot in the Serbo-Croatian language. The film has been selected as the Irish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 84th Academy Awards
84th Academy Awards
The 84th Academy Awards ceremony will honor the best films of 2011 and will take place on February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. It will be televised in the United States on ABC. The host was originally going to be Eddie Murphy. However, after Brett Ratner resigned as...
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As If I Am Not There is based on Slavenka Drakulić
Slavenka Drakulic
Slavenka Drakulić is a noted Croatian writer and publicist who currently lives in Sweden.Slavenka Drakulić was born in Rijeka, PR Croatia, on July 4, 1949. She graduated in comparative literature and sociology from the University in Zagreb in 1976...
's 1999 novel of the same name that deals with war rape
War rape
War rapes are rapes committed by soldiers, other combatants or civilians during armed conflict or war, or during military occupation, distinguished from sexual assaults and rape committed amongst troops in military service...
in Bosnia in the 1990s
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides...
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Cast
- Stellan SkarsgårdStellan SkarsgårdStellan John Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves, The Hunt for Red October, Ronin, Good Will Hunting, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist,...
- Miraj Grbic as Commander
- Natasa Petrovic as Samira
- Fedja Stukan as The Captain
- Jasna Diklic
- Zvezda Angelovska
- Nikolina Kujaca
- Sanja Buric
- Katina Ivanova
- Jana Stojanovska
- Nino Levi
- Irina Apelgren as Alisa
- Jana Mircevska