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Director: Jasmila Žbanić
Cast: Mirjana Karanović Luna Mijovic Leon Lučev Jasna Beri Dejan Aćimović Bogdan Diklić
Genre: Drama War
Premiere: July 6, 2006
Running time: 107 min
Country: Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Germany Croatia

Grbavica is a 2006 film by Jasmila Žbanić about the life of a single mother in contemporary Sarajevo in the aftermath of systematic rapes of Bosniak women by Serbian soldiers during the Bosnian War. It was released in the United Kingdom as Esma's Secret: Grbavica, and in US as Grbavica: Land of My Dreams.

The film shows, through the eyes of the main character Esma, her teenage daughter Sara, and others, how everyday life is still being shaped by the Bosnian War of the 1990s. The film was an international co-production between companies from Bosnia, Austria, Croatia, and Germany; it received funding from the German television companies ZDF and Arte. Grbavica received an enthusiastic response from critics, earning a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

It won the Golden Bear at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival and it was Bosnia and Herzegovina's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.

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Grbavica is a movie (2006) from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Germany. Genre: drama, war. Directed by Jasmila Žbanić. Starring Mirjana Karanović, Luna Mijovic, Leon Lučev, Jasna Beri and Dejan Aćimović. Running time: 107 min. Rating: 7.1/10.

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