An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
Danis TanovićCast
Nazif Mujić Senada Alimanović Sandra Mujić
Credits
Written by: Danis Tanovic
Cinematography: Erol Zubcevic
Editing: Timur Makarevic
Produced by: Amra Baksic Camo Cédomir Kolar
Plot
A Roma man in rural Bosnia, who collects scrap metal, tries to get a hospital to treat his wife, who has had a miscarriage, but she lacks health insurance.
Sinekatalog’s take
Danis Tanović's docudrama re-enacts a true event with the real Roma family, as a scrap-metal collector fights to get surgery for his wife. Simple and angry, it is a quiet, humane indictment of systemic indifference.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (1,407 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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