A Roma family lives far from the urban centres of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The father Nazif salvages metal from old cars and sells it to a scrap-dealer. The mother Senada keeps the house tidy cooks bakes and cares for their two small daughters. One day she feels a sharp pain in her abdomen. At the hospital she is told there is something wrong with the baby she is carrying: They say it's dead. She is at risk of septicaemia and they must operate immediately. But Senada has no medical insurance; since the operation will cost much more than the family can afford the hospital's... head refuses to treat her. A race against time together with a mounting sense of hopelessness played by a cast of non-professional actors re-enacting an episode from their own lives. [show more]
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Bosnian docu-drama from Oscar-winning director Danis Tanovic. The film follows the true story of Nazif Mujic, a scrap iron merchant working long hours to support his family while his partner, Senada Alimanovic looks after their two children whilst pregnant with their third. When Nazif returned home one evening to find his wife in pain he borrowed a car to take her to the hospital where they were informed they had lost the baby. In excruciating pain, it was vital that Senada had an operation to remove the five-month-old foetus, but, as she did not have health insurance the hospital demanded payment which the couple simply could not afford.
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