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A once happy union....
What this film does very effectively is show how imaginary boundaries (in this case ethnic boundaries) are constructed very quickly by even the most civilized populations once fear grips a city and how those imaginary boundaries take on a reality even in the minds of those who never had such prejudices before during times of war. Boundaries which are difficult to dismantle once the war is over as so much violence has been done under the banners flown by each side. The propaganda may seem ridiculous to thinking people, the idea of ethnic purity utterly absurd, but the violence has an undeniable reality. The phenomena that makes people surrender their individuality to a mass movement is perhaps incomprehensible and unexplainable. All a film can do is show how particular individuals deal with such a circumstance.

What is interesting about this film is that there are no extremists in it. Every character in this film is a victim whether he be a Serb or a Croat. The only people that benefit from the war are thieves. The main characters are a couple who are married on the day Ethnic Nationalism begin to flair up. One of them is a Serb and one a Croat. As the war escalates those imaginary boundaries which divide the country will divide this couple as well. Perhaps permanently. Because even though neither believes in the ethnic propaganda they both experience too much violence between their respective races to ever see each other in the same light again. Such is the tragedy of this couple and the tragedy of Yugoslavia.

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Incredibly moving film
I saw this film around '95 and was blown away by it. Not being a speaker of Serbo/Croat, I didn't perceive the subtle propaganda mentioned by another reviewer. However, I would say that the film didn't concentrate much on the political aspects of the war. The film focuses on the human tragedy and does a wonderful job of making you feel how devastating war really is. The film may not help to clarify who was really at fault for the atrocities that occurred, but helps you to understand a little more how awful atrocities are. In this country, most people did not care about the war in Bosnia while it was going on, and as a result we did nothing to stop it. Anyone who saw this movie would feel sorry that our country did nothing to help until it was too late, because the movie illustrates the extent of what we ignored, the utter destruction of an incredibly beautiful country.

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Incredible reality
This video is really a reality rappresentation of the war situation in Vukovar...
I saw the video before going to Vukovar this summer,and it really gave me an idea of what caused all those distructions that all the houses still have on their faces...
I recommand to visit Vukovar, and to don't forget what's happened in Yugoslavia in those days and how hard it is to restart a life in these years..
I really hope to go back to Vukovar someday next year...it has been a wonderfull experience!
ByE DANIEL from ITALY