Milena Zupancic Movies

Libina Mitevska stars as a mother in search of the daughter that was taken from her when the family was forced into an internment camp during the Bosnian conflict in director Christian Wagner's award-winning family drama. Thirty year-old Senada (Mitevska) is a successful real estate broker and accomplished volleyball player living in the Bosnia and Herzegovina village of Brcko. Though in the surface it would appear as if Senada has everything a woman could want in life, her family has been ripped apart by war and she is haunted by the memories of the daughter that was forcefully taken from her in one of Bosnia's darkest hours. Not only did her marriage to the kindly Samir (Senad Basic) crumble during the conflict that consumed the land, but her daughter Aida was taken from the pair by aid workers and spirited away to an undisclosed location. Convinced that she has located her daughter in the Ulm, Germany, Senada enlists the aid of a sympathetic trafficker named Dzigera (Zdenko Jelcic) in crossing the border and avoiding the radar of local aid worker Mrs. Jandrasko (Katrin Sass). Upon discovering that her daughter has been renamed and is currently being raised by a well-to-do German couple, the desperate mother watches from afar while planning to recover the unsuspecting adolescent who seems to have all but forgotten her turbulent past. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

In this popular Austrian comedy, a mother and her conniving son are well on their way to achieving their goal of lifetime comfort and ease. They have fraudulently gotten the will of their wealthy landlord altered in their favor, and now that she is dead, they have begun to live a little. Imagine their distress when a long-lost daughter of the wealthy woman shows up on their doorstep. Since she is a poorly dressed woman who speaks no German, having grown up in the Balkans, they soon come to believe that they can probably con her into marrying the son. This will have the dual benefit of keeping them out of jail and will save them the inconvenience of having to kill her. Little do they suspect that despite her unstylish appearance and undeveloped language skills, she's far from stupid, and before long the frumpy girl from the country has taken these two con-artists well in hand. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

A disturbing picture of a woefully dysfunctional family, this dark drama focuses on the sailor Maks (Boris Cavazza) and the people at home who either denigrate or ignore him. His sorry relatives include his invalid mother, an unbalanced sister who works as a hairdresser, and a son fanatic about boxing and women. Their attitudes may have contributed to Maks' drinking problem but his alcoholism is obviously making everything worse. For Maks, the only saving grace in his home life is a nephew who enjoys playing chess with him. As circumstances develop, the family situation only gets worse. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

In spite of some avant-garde opening scenes, director Jovan Jovanovic has fashioned a predictable, uninspired film involving cocaine and heroin users and their attempts to outmaneuver the law enforcement officers charged with wiping out the drug scene. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

In a small agricultural town, confusion and discontent run high when regional officials at first give a permit for a factory which will employ locals and then withdraw it. The official who can straighten things out has his car stolen one night, and that same night a mentally deficient youth is killed by that same car. Even though he is cleared of the crime, things don't go well for him afterwards. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

While on a trip to Venice from Serbia, Ciril -- a Catholic priest who is also an art historian -- discusses the meaning of life with Fritz, a German who has lost his enthusiasm for living. The time is just before World
War I, and the two have many fine discussions on the train. Fritz's ex-fiancee, who dumped him, is known to the priest. For Ciril, she was the ideal image of the Madonna as depicted in Italian art. Once in Italy, besides enjoying the great artworks on display, Fritz falls foolishly in love with a "liberated" woman. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

This bleak drama is based on a book by the Slovenian author Ivan Cankar. Having devoted his entire life to liberal causes, and after suffering nearly incessant persecution for his anticlericalism and advocacy of universal literacy, Kucur cannot adjust to having a regular life, and the duplicity of his wife and friends takes the heart out of him. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide