PRETTY VILLAGE, PRETTY FLAME

by Srdjan Dragojevic (Lepa sela lepo gore, Serbia, 1996, 1h55)

starring Dragan Bjelogrlic, Nikola Kojo, Branka Katic, Mira Banjac

1992. A seriously wounded Serbian, Milan, thinks back to the ten days of hell he has just endured, trapped with his detachment by the enemy in a tunnel. He recalls in particular his shattered friendship with his Muslim friend, Halil. But at the hospital, a Bosnian soldier is lying in the next-door room. Will he take his vengeance or will forgiveness prevail?