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On The Path (2011) - Jasmila Zbanic Synopsis: Loving young couple Luna (Zrinka Cvitesic) and Amar (Leon Lucev) try their best to overcome unexpected obstacles that threaten their relationship. When Amar is suspended for drinking on the job, Luna worries that this will interfere with her already fragile dreams of having a baby. Luna's fears grow when Amar accepts a well-paid job hours away in a fundamentalist Muslim community. After having been cut off from contact with Amar, Luna is finally allowed to visit him at the secluded Wahhabi commune situated on an idyllic lake. She discovers a mysterious environment of veiled women and ritual - a world where the daily lives of men and women are separated and under strict surveillance. Luna begs Amar to come home, but he convinces her that the isolated sanctuary of prayer has brought him peace and helped him stop drinking. As the wounds of a tragic war-filled past continue to haunt her, Luna tears herself apart searching if love is truly enough to keep her and Amar together on the path to a lifetime of happiness. Biography of Jasmila Zbanic (Director): Jasmila Zbanic is a Serbian filmmaker born in Sarajevo in 1974. Jasmila began making films in 1997 when she founded the artist's association "Deblokada", through which she produced, wrote and directed numerous documentaries, video art works and shorts. Her work has been screened in film festivals and exhibitions worldwide such as the Manifesta 3 in Slovenia in 2000, Istanbull Bienale in 2003, Kunsthalle Fridericianum in Kassel in 2004. Jasmila has been awarded with the Golden Bear at Berlinale 2006 for Grbavica (2005). |
