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  Review by 20oldboy03 ★★★ 13

  Simon & Milos: From Austria to Serbia
  
  (Link – boxd.it/edGWY )

  
  Vergleichen wir mal unsere, vielmals (zu recht) gescholtene deutschsprachige Synchronisation mit anderen Synchronisationen aus allen Herren Ländern. Da wären:

  
  -die russische, wo Andrej Popposchik sowohl Hauptdarsteller, die Nebendarsteller wie selbst, sofern vorhanden, die Haustiere – natürlich reden wir von Männchen wie Weibchen – synchronisiert

  -die schweizerische mit ihrem Schwyzerdütsch wie bei dem Beispiel „Schweinchen namens Babe“ das wohl alle Fragen zu deren Nährwert beantwortet

  Die Türe da liiinks. Wer wohnt da – Ink. Und wo ischst Badziiimer, am Endi vom Gang.

  -die amerikanische die sich bei ihren Animationsfilmen wie bei „Ice Age“ geschehen, sich Tipps bei Otto Waalkes einholten und generell jeden Popstar herankutschieren frei jedem Talent eine komplexe Figur…

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  Review by 📀 Cammmalot 📀 ★★★★ 4

  Cinematic Time Capsule
  2001 Marathon - Film #64

  ”If you die, I die too”
  “What a comfort”

  Three Men and a Trench

  I went into this satirical war film from Bosnia with a bit of a grudge, because it beat out my beloved Amélie for that year’s Foreign Film Oscar.

  I also have to admit that 20 minutes in I was so cocky, I thought I had this movie completely figured out and pegged. I was then humbled and blown away by how wrong I was. The last act is jaw-dropping and absolutely nothing like what I was expecting.

  So once again I’ve learned how little I know, and that in war no one wins, but at the Oscars every nominee is a winner.

  ”There, we are equal now”

  
  Cinematic Time Capsule - 2001 Ranked

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  Review by Naughty aka Juli Norwood ★★★★★

  Disturbing, gut-wrenching tale showcasing the futility and outright insanity of war! Between the unending red tape of bureaucracy, the UN's impotency, politics as usual and the media's rating frenzy, peace becomes a casualty of war!

  Thankfully it's not a true story for the ending is so tragically haunting I don't know how I could have dealt with it if it had happened for real! It's too unbearable to imagine!

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  Review by Jesse Snoddon ★★★★

  "With you, even drinking coffee is risky"

  Bosnian soldier Ciki (Branko Duric) finds himself trapped in a trench with Serbian soldier Nino (Rene Bitorajac). The two enemies are forced into a reluctant truce of sorts when Ciki's ally Cera (Filip Sovagovic), who they thought was dead, awakens to find himself laying on a spring mine that will detonate if he takes his weight off it. 

  The first act is solid war movie fare. It's tense and quiet and generates a good deal of suspense. The foggy silence of the opening sequence and haunting stillness of the empty patch of trench create an atmosphere thick with impending dread. As things hit their stride and UN soldiers arrive to see if they…

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  Review by Rafael Jovine ★★★★ 2

  Two man, a bosnian and a serbian, gets trapped in the trenches alone in the midst of the Bosnian war. To make things worse, a friend of one of them rests over a mine that with a single move could explode.

  Right away, I love the concept of the story and the way the director and writer used the strong differences and hatred between these two men to build on tension. You were always on the edge, wondering what would happen to them and the friend at all time. On the other hand I found very interesting the very satirical (think a least farse version of Death of Stalin) tone that came from the UN and newscaster. Building pretty much a complete criticism to everyone involved on the war, inside or the outsiders.

  All in all, while it may not be the greatest war satire, it certainly has enough charm and thrills to make this a good recomendation.

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  Review by Ali Zakeri ★★★½

  + Empty your pockets.
  - Why?
  + Because I have a gun and you don't.
  
  History of human civilization in three lines.

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  Review by Viktor Prentovski ★★★½

  Movie #2 of March Challenge (Bosnia)

  No Man's Land is a Bosnian anti-war film. It has a very interesting premise: two men from opposing sides caught in a trench, in no man's land, trying to get out alive. The performances are good, and the camera work is great. However, all that stuff with the media and unnecessary drama lessen the experience. Still a good movie, but it could have been a great one.

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  Review by Sabina ★★★★

  Neutrality does not exist in the face of murder. Doing nothing to stop it is, in fact, choosing. It is not being neutral.

  Another Bosnian film I watched as a kid and didn’t grasp the scope of. But what a treat to watch again. This is also probably the most underrated Oscar winner.

  No Man’s Land tells the story of three soldiers from opposing sides trapped together in a trench, one of which wakes up on top of a mine and becomes a living booby trap. The film is a dark satire that tackles the bleakness of war with an astute sense of humour. This is balanced cleverly with a somber tone that never lets you forget what war does…

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  Review by Steve G 🇵🇸 🇾🇪 ★★★★ 4

  Steve's Priority Watchlist Project

  The World is More Than Enough X: La Decima

  4/30 - Bosnia and Herzegovina

  And so ends one of the longest running 'watchlist' entries I had.

  Of course, I didn't really have a watchlist as such before Letterboxd existed but from the moment No Man's Land got rave reviews in Empire over 20 years ago this is a film I've been meaning to see. At least twice a year I've made a promise to myself that I'll finally get round to watching it and then got distracted by something. But here we are and it was clearly worth the wait.

  It's an excellent depiction of the realities of a civil war too. These are just ordinary…

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  Review by Hershey ★★★½

  Starts off strong, thought it would be more like Tangerines (2013), but wound up veering off to be about westerners for some strange reason. Should've spent more time on the actual soldiers..

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  Review by Jake Goldstein-Street ★★★

  A pessimist thinks things can't be worse. An optimist knows they can.

  Interesting little microcosm of the Bosnian conflict writ large, with the UN ineptitude, vulture journalists, personal hatred among the cultures, and mutual destruction.

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  Review by AZOOZ ALONSO ★★★★

  “Empty your pockets.Why?Because I have a and you don't.”
  افضل طريقة اوصف فيها no man’s land الحصار ، كونهم محاصرين في وسط اللامكان بحيث يعرف الكل مكانهم وما يقدرو يسوو اي شي ، وفوق ذا الصحافة منتظرين يغطو الحدث ، هذه كوميديا في اظلم صورها توريك تفاهة الحرب مع الجميع وتعثرت بسبب سلسلة القيادة . لا الرعاية البوسنية ولا الصربية ، حتى الامم المتحدة ما قدرو يسوو شي وقادتهم ما يسمحون لهم بالمحاولة واخيرًا هناك جيش من الصحفيين اللي قد يهتمون او لا يهتمون ، ولكن كعادة الصحافة منتجيهم مهتمين بمصلحتهم عن " المصلحة الانسانية ".
  تخيل معي أن تكون في حرب ويكون احد افراد العدو معك في نفس الخندق وتضطروا ان تجلسوا داخل الخندق، فيلم جميل ويحمل رسالة رائعة…