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The Perfect Circle

Original title: Savrseni krug · Turkish title: Kusursuz çember
1997 · 1 h 50 min
Directed by Ademir Kenović
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Cast

Mustafa Nadarević Almedin Leleta Mirvad Kurić

Credits

Written by: Ademir Kenovic

Plot

During the siege of Sarajevo, Hamza, a poet who has been left by his wife and daughter, takes in two orphaned children, and tries to protect them. War is all around them, with snipers, shortages and loss, and they find fragile moments of normal life. Ademir Kenović's 1997 film, one of the first features made in Bosnia after the war, won the European Film Award for best film.

Sinekatalog’s take

Ademir Kenović's film follows a poet in besieged Sarajevo who shelters two orphaned boys among snipers and shortages. Mustafa Nadarević is deeply moving in a humane, poetic and unforgettable portrait of war's daily cost.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 8.1 / 10 (2,618 votes)
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