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The Perfect Circle
1997
Ademir Kenovic
1997·
BA,
France
Award tierBronze
An alcoholic Bosnian poet sends his wife and daughter away from Sarajevo so they can avoid the troubles there. However, he is soon descended upon by a pair of orphaned brothers. The brothers have escaped a massacre in their own village and have come to the Bosnian capital in search of a long lost Aunt. The poet befriends the boys and together they try to survive the horror of the siege of Sarajevo.
Cast
Mustafa Nadarevic·Elmedin Leleta·Almir Podgorica·Josip Pejakovic
Producers
Drago Bilic·Sylvain Bursztejn·Dana Rotberg·Erik Schut·Peter van Vogelpoel
Languages
bos
Major Awards
1 win · 2 nominations
Wins (1)
Festival Grand Prize
Cannes Film Festival (1997)
François Chalais Award
Ademir Kenovic
Nominations (2)
Festival Grand Prize
Cannes Film Festival (1997)
Directors' Fortnight
Ademir Kenovic
Best Picture
European Film Awards (1997)
European Film of the Year
Peter van Vogelpoel