Quo Vadis, Aida?

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Quo Vadis, Aida? poster - a film by Jasmila Žbanić
Astonishingly fine - you must see this film! Deeply moving and compelling, this is a mesmerising, truly powerful and important drama, with one of the great - yet largely unsung - female performances in recent cinema. Unforgettable.
Remarkable. Duricic's performance is as taut as a bow string. Events on screen achieve an extraordinary momentum... you have to remind yourself to breathe. You won't forget it.
As gripping and accomplished as anything you're likely to see this year.
Masterful and important. An amazing depiction of mass panic, collective paranoia and absolute power, that masterfully ratchets up the tension. Wonderfully done, I recommend you go see it.
Jason Di Rosso
ABC RADIO NATIONAL
Grade: A. Shot like a documentary, this is powerful cinema that shines a light on events that should never be forgotten.
Matthew Toomey
ABC LOCAL RADIO
Profoundly moving. Žbanić musters real tragic power and clear-eyed compassion revisiting history 25 years on.
Astonishing and unforgettable.
The year's towering achievement. A visceral, unforgettable piece of visual storytelling about the importance of our shared humanity in times of crisis.
An Oscar-worthy, kaleidoscopic take on betrayal.
Unforgettable. An astonishing film. Beautifully directed, extraordinarily tense and completely compelling in its life-or-death decisions and moral quandaries, with an absolutely storming performance from Jasna Ðuričić.
Emotionally and morally shattering - this blew me away. There may be other contenders for this year's foreign language Oscar that are as good, but none will be better.
A must-see. Zbanic’s superbly executed, adrenaline-laden drama is a masterful high wire act of tension and devastating humanism.
Transcendent. A vital work of art.
Wrenching and vital. It could not be more urgent.
Director: Jasmila Žbanić
Cast: Jasna Ðuricic, Izudin Bajrovic, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrovic, Boris Isakovic
Duration: 104mins
Country of Origin: Bosnia and Herzegovina
M
Mature themes, violence and coarse language
Astonishingly fine - you must see this film! Deeply moving and compelling, this is a mesmerising, truly powerful and important drama, with one of the great - yet largely unsung - female performances in recent cinema. Unforgettable.
Remarkable. Duricic's performance is as taut as a bow string. Events on screen achieve an extraordinary momentum... you have to remind yourself to breathe. You won't forget it.
As gripping and accomplished as anything you're likely to see this year.
Masterful and important. An amazing depiction of mass panic, collective paranoia and absolute power, that masterfully ratchets up the tension. Wonderfully done, I recommend you go see it.
Jason Di Rosso
ABC RADIO NATIONAL
Grade: A. Shot like a documentary, this is powerful cinema that shines a light on events that should never be forgotten.
Matthew Toomey
ABC LOCAL RADIO
Profoundly moving. Žbanić musters real tragic power and clear-eyed compassion revisiting history 25 years on.
Astonishing and unforgettable.
The year's towering achievement. A visceral, unforgettable piece of visual storytelling about the importance of our shared humanity in times of crisis.
An Oscar-worthy, kaleidoscopic take on betrayal.
Unforgettable. An astonishing film. Beautifully directed, extraordinarily tense and completely compelling in its life-or-death decisions and moral quandaries, with an absolutely storming performance from Jasna Ðuričić.
Emotionally and morally shattering - this blew me away. There may be other contenders for this year's foreign language Oscar that are as good, but none will be better.
A must-see. Zbanic’s superbly executed, adrenaline-laden drama is a masterful high wire act of tension and devastating humanism.
Transcendent. A vital work of art.
Wrenching and vital. It could not be more urgent.

2021 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE – Best International Feature
WINNER - 2021 EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS - Best Film, Best Director & Best Actress
2021 BAFTA AWARD NOMINEE (x2) – Best Director and Best Film Not In The English Language
WINNER - 2021 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS - Best International Film
WINNER - 2021 MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL - Best Film
WINNER - 2021 ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - Audience Award
OFFICIAL SELECTION (IN COMPETITION) - 2021 SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL

Inspired by true events, writer/director Jasmila Žbanić’s gripping, Oscar-nominated thriller tells the story of a United Nations translator attempting to save the lives of her family, whilst pandemonium and escalating conflict rages around them.

Bosnia, July 1995. Middle-aged Aida (Jasna Ðuričić) is an English teacher in the small mountain town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army ignores a formal UN ultimatum and begins a series of round-ups and brazen shellings, Aida and her family find themselves among over 30,000 besieged citizens attempting to shelter in a UN peacekeeper-operated military base on the outskirts of town, designed to house only a few thousand. Aida’s skills as a translator enable her to eventually bargain her husband and two sons inside, literally under the wire.

There, within the so-called safe zone, the harried and frantic Aida becomes party to the negotiations and to crucial information. While the support the UN can provide is crumbling, the situation intensifies with the arrival of vainglorious army commander Ratko Mladić (Boris Isaković), accompanied by his own camera crew. What is at the horizon for Aida’s family and people—rescue or death? Which moves should she make?

Without depicting anything more explicit than a slap in the face, Žbanić —herself a survivor of the war - masterfully delivers a film of universal urgency and power: a heart-rending story of courage and resilience in the face of man’s terrible capabilities; of those who knew what was happening, and those who looked away. As fierce and spellbinding as its lead performance, QUO VADIS, AIDA? is a resonant testament to the indomitable human spirit. It's unforgettable cinema.

Quo Vadis, Aida? poster - a film by Jasmila Žbanić

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