Bosnia is close to the edge. We need Europe’s help | Aleksandar Brezar
With the economy hobbled and ethnic nationalist sentiment rising, this is no time for complacency
In the opening scenes of Danis Tanović’s Oscar-winning film No Man’s Land, set in Bosnia during the 1992-95 war, a soldier in the Bosnian army reads the newspaper in a trench. Worriedly, he exclaims: “Look at this shit in Rwanda.”
This scene, said to be based on a true anecdote, turned out to be a litmus test for viewers.