Esma’s Secret
21 Nov 2007
Director: Jasmila Žbanić
Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, Croatia
2006
95 min
A debut movie for Director Jasmila Zbanic. In the painful aftermath of the Balkan war, Bosnian mother, Esma, struggles to make ends meet in Sarajevo’s Grbavica district. Her daughter, Sara, lives in the knowledge that her father died a hero in the war. When Sara wants to an a school trip, Esma struggles to afford the cost. If she can provide a certificate that her husband died a hero she could get discount. However, Esma claims the proof is difficult because his body was never found. In Serbo-Croatian with English subtitles.