Welcome to Sarajevo

Welcome to Sarajevo

To get the story, they’ll risk everything.

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Release Date

5/9/1997

Runtime

103 mins

Overview

Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. While reporting on an American aid worker who’s trying to get children out of the country, a British correspondent decides to take an orphaned girl home to London.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$9,000,000

Revenue

$334,319

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A harrowing account of journalists bearing witness to the Bosnian War's civilian toll, anchored by one correspondent's act of moral defiance amid the devastation. It's urgent and angry, but tempered by genuine moments of human connection and the possibility of rescue.

Mood

TenseHopefulAngryMournful

Themes

WarSurvivalRedemptionJustice

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

Documentary-likeHandheld

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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