Synopsis:

Winner Best Film - Golden Bear - Berlin Film Festival 2006

A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.

Jasmila Zbanic's debut movie focuses on the Balkan War's painful aftermath on a Bosnian woman and her daughter. Esma is living with her 12-year-old daughter Sara in Grbavica, a quarter of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. When Sara wants to participate in a school trip, Esma tries to find a way to pay the full price, although a certificate proving Sara's father is a war hero would allow her a discount...