The third feature from Balkan-Canadian filmmaker Igor Drljača, centering on star-crossed lovers in a socially divided Sarajevo, was Bosnia and Herzegovina’s submission to the 94th Academy Awards.
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Orphaned since the death of his concert pianist mother, Faruk lives in a run-down apartment complex with his ailing grandmother . They eke out a living from her pension checks, and from his work with his gruff uncle Mirsad , who collects and sells scrap metal. Faruk has irons in another fire too, running errands for local crime boss Cedo .
No less clear is the deepening affection between Faruk and Mona, who’s probably the same age as Minela and, however privileged her life may be, is suffering from acute emotional deprivation. In the modernist hilltop home where she lives with her parents , Mona has come to recognize the lovelessness of their marriage — “a work arrangement,” she calls it, shocked and demoralized.
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