James Blunt: Return to Kosovo (2007)
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British singer-songwriter James Blunt - a soft-voiced, introspective, folksy crooner who couples a distinctive rock edge with a melancholic aura - burst onto the music scene in 2005 after an infamous four-year military stint that found him leading a NATO tank squadron and helping to liberate the United Nations protectorate of Kosovo. Then, in September 2006, after seven years away from the Balkans, the musician with a year of superstardom under his belt flew back to the troubled capital city of Pristina to revisit old haunts. Documentarian Steven Cantor records that voyage, in which Blunt's initial Albanian interpreters accompany him. As Blunt journeys from one familiar town to another - towns he helped guard as a soldier - Cantor intercuts home video footage of Kosovo shot by Blunt in 1999 with contemporary footage, for a telling glimpse of the sociological changes that the country has undergone over a seven-year period. What emerges is a portrait of a country dramatically improved by NATO intervention, but still chafing from the scars of recent wounds thanks to the atrocities perpetrated there. Blount then delivers a haunting live performance before an enthusiastic crowd of NATO troops still stationed in Pristina - and the immediate, deeply personal connection between the musician and the audience is palpable. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Director(s):
- Steven Cantor
- Producer(s):
- Livia Tortella, Mikaela Beardsley, Paul Botti
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