Welcome to Sarajevo

Welcome to Sarajevo

1997 · 103 min · EN · R · 6.3 (89 votes)
Dir. Michael Winterbottom · Starring Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Goran Višnjić, Emira Nušević, Kerry Fox · Music Adrian Johnston

To get the story, they’ll risk everything.

WarDramaHistory

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.

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This film plunges you into the harrowing reality of war, capturing the desperate resilience of civilians caught in conflict. It's a stark, urgent look at humanity amidst destruction, focusing on the personal toll and the courage found in unexpected places.

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