Distant Lights
Au feu ! (Gori vatra)
Pjer Zalica
Tesajn is a small Bosnian town filled with corruption, prostitution and crime. Two years after the war, the inhabitants, marked by their dark and tragic history, try to forget the past and its ghosts. The forthcoming arrival of Bill Clinton will upset the town's balance. Within the space of one week, all the evil must disappear and democracy must take hold...
With : Enis Beslagic, Bogdan Diklic, Jasna Zalica, Izudin Bajrovic, Admir Glamocak, Sasa Petrovic, Emir Hadzihafisbegovic, Senad Basic
Screenplay : Pjer Zalica
Image : Mirsad Herovic
Decors : Kemal Hrustanovic
Costumes : Amela Vilic
Editing : Almir Kenovic
Music : Sasa Losic
Screenplay : Pjer Zalica
Image : Mirsad Herovic
Decors : Kemal Hrustanovic
Costumes : Amela Vilic
Editing : Almir Kenovic
Music : Sasa Losic
Production : Refresh Production (Sarajevo), Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion (Wien), TRV Federacije Bih, Istanbul Film Service, Ciné-Sud Promotion (Paris)
Distribution: Ciné-Sud Promotion
Distribution: Ciné-Sud Promotion
"I made a dozen or so films in Bosnia during the war, all of them on the war itself, and some of them were well-received and won awards. People talked about the courage, truth and meaning of what we did. But I was sick of making films about the horror of what I saw around me, death, blood and the never-ending, sterile arguments on who was to blame, who started it. It was a terrible and oppressive experience. I wanted to make films about peace. Peace arrived and I carried out making films. But I discovered that peace was even worse than war. (...) The ability and courage to laugh and find trials and suffering funny, even when it appears that thing cannot possibly get better, helps us to survive and keep faith with the future" (Pjer Zalica).