Bernard-Henri Lévy
Bosna!
Film maker: Bernard-Henri Lévy
Production: Les films du lendemain
Release date: 18 May 1994
Duration: 117 minutes
Bernard-Henri Lévy’s cri-de-coeur about the carnage in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war of 1992–95 sought to call attention to the terrible conflict in the hopes of ending it. The documentary is divided into five parts, each covering a distinct time frame, beginning with the outbreak of the war in April 1992. The film depicts the genocide suffered by the Bosnians, the silence of Western countries, and the determination of the Bosnians to resist. The film was featured at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Bosna! doesn’t pretend to be anything other than what it is, an inflammatory, highly partisan cry for help. Let it not be said, Mr. Levy pleads in the film’s final words, that “Europe died at Sarajevo.
This two-hour essay-reportage goes behind Bosnian lines to show horrors and hear testimonies that will never reach the TV news; it makes incisive use of archive footage to back up its argument. […] Bosna! is cultured, humane and carefully reasoned – but above all angry.
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