Beautiful People
Directed by Jasmin Dizdar
What happens when a Serb and a Croat from the same village in Bosnia meet by chance on a London bus? They try to kill each other and end up in adjacent beds in a London hospital ward. This is the opening of Beautiful People, set during the war in Bosnia, and made by Bosnian writer/director Jasmin Dizdar. In an occasionally hilarious fashion, Dizdar uses the stories of several people living in London, whose paths cross, to look beyond the war in Bosnia and at the ideas of bigotry and hatred that are expressed in many forms.
We start with the the story of the two warring Bosnians in adjacent beds, sharing a room with a Welsh bomber. Then there is the British soccer hooligan who is accidentally dropped into the Bosnian war zone. A doctor treating a young pregnant Bosnian woman and having to help her come to terms with the truth about her baby. The British war correspondent who is too old and jaded to be covering the war. And last of all, the young doctor who is wooed by a Bosnian refugee. All are poignant and funny stories that highlight the plight of Bosnian refugees that were airlifted to Britain in 1993.
A well crafted and involving film that must be seen!
Esther
