Go West Page #3

Synopsis: In the nineties the Yugoslavia Federation falls apart in bloody wars. Perpetual student Milan, a Serb from a patriarchal community and Kenan, a Muslim cellist, are a homosexual couple living in Sarajevo. Their lives, intimate and public, are shaken up by the aggression in Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose devastating consequences unfold in inter-ethnic hatred. Trapped in Sarajevo during the siege of the Serb forces, the lovers manage to flee to Milan's home village and there they take shelter, waiting for Milan's father, Ljubo, to find a way to the Netherlands. Witnessing the brutality of Serb forces and their hatred towards Muslims, Milan desperately improvises: he disguises Kenan as a woman and begins to present him as his wife, Milena, a secret discovered by Milan's best friend, Lunja. Milan is drafted into the army and the situation becomes almost unbearable for Kenan. His one companion, is Ranka, a waitress in a local café, a woman whose dark secrets terrify most of the villagers arou
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Director(s): Ahmed Imamovic
Production: Water Bearer Films Inc.
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Year:
2005
96 min
41 Views


Plus two, you and me.

In one day 4 seasons change

the mood never does.

Are you listening to me?

The number of bicycles is approximately

the same as the number of inhabitants.

The manufacture of weapons is minimum.

The production of flowers maximum.

With tulips they supply

65 % of the world market.

The highest peak is 321 meters.

Fertility is 13%,

mortality is 9%.

Thank God I have lived to see that my

daughter-in-law cooks me lunch.

Good appetite.

You've made an excellent lunch daughter-in-law.

I don't know if I can endure.

You will. We must.

I'm afraid Ranka will see through me.

She's been inspecting me too much.

-Don't fear. She doesn't understand a thing.

Like hell she doesn't understand.

-Seriously. She's an unlucky woman.

You're the only woman of sort,

that actually speaks to her.

Why?

Women avoid her,

men want to f*** her.

It's been like that for years.

-Whose is Alen then?

Nobody knows, they're all afraid

to ask. He surely isn't mine.

I'd like to know what happened

to my parents.

I don't know how to find out such information.

I've asked Lunjo.

If it's possible to get to them,

he'll do it.

Just as long as I know if they're alive.

-Everything will be fine, you'll see.

In the Netherlands it will be easier for

us to find out about it and help.

The negotiations for the end of the

conflicts in Bosnia have ended unsuccessfully.

The representatives of the belligerent

sides and international negotiators

haven't found a common solution for the

end of the bloodshed.

According to independent observers,

the failure of peace negotiations

will lead to more bloodshed

and the number of victims will increase.

C*nts!

Shout yourself in the leg,

through the muscle.

What's wrong with you? -I don't know.

Don't go to the battlefield,

stay alive.

Everything will be fine. We'll laugh

at all of this, believe me.

The war is a crossing phase

from a man to a soldier.

If you don't wear a skirt, you carry a gun.

I got the first, Milan got the second.

Take care of yourself. -I will. You too.

-Shoot through your muscle. It doesn't hurt.

Be sensible, my bride.

Nobody has asked me nor him, what

we want.

He got a call-up from the army before the papers

for the west arrived.

I'll never know for sure,

if I was more afraid ,

of him going, or because I stayed.

F*** it, man.

Watch your head.

Squad, attention!

A bit faster.

Civilians, withdraw..

Brothers, for 500 years we have been stamped

down by the Turkish boot.

All things come to he who waits.

-What is this noise?

The time for revenge has come!

Time for us to settle the account

with Muslims.

Off with you, god damn it!

Get lost!

Enough of smirking!

The whole world is against Serbs.

The Vatican, Mecca, Washington,

Berlin, Constantinople.

Our Saint Sava put it nicely:

Only Unity Saves the Serbs.

Go with god's help.

Forward, march!

Let's go, daughter.

Mister, is there anything to eat?

-We'll find something. -Some spoon food.

May God give.

Daughter-in-law go get Ranka.

These men have come ...

What else can I do?

If there's nobody else,

I have to help myself.

Where did you come from?

-Ljubo sends me.

Some guests have arrived,

he needs help.

Everybody hated Ranka, except

Ljubo. They were afraid of her.

There was something shuddering about this

village witch.

Yet when I looked at her,

when she was piling up those shoes ...

I become tender after smoking marihuana.

In this barrenness of poverty and stones

this was the only grass,

that wasn't missing.

Let's go, Milena.

After every new joint I almost

grew fond of Ranka.

Me and her were the only women

with a secret.

Stop!

Bring the water, women.

When I say water, I mean the horse.

Don't give water to Muslims you

fool!

Please sir, I beg you.

Sir! -. Like hell, Sir!

Let's go!

What is it, dear?

Why are you crying? Don't.

I'm used to being beaten.

I'll endure.

This will be over once.

One day, God will take a look at Ranka too.

What are you saying?

Mum, what happened?

-Nothing. What should have happened?

Pick up the bucket.

Do something, be useful.

Let's go home.

This war! No school, nothing.

Children are wasting their time.

All they hear is war and hatred.

Nobody mentions school.

What kind of people will

they become?

Put two balls of wool

between your breasts

and carry them for like a week.

Then knit socks out of them for him.

It helps.

This is a spell for a big love.

Let me foretell you from coffee.

No, it's not good! I see tears.

and blood.

But you'll save yourself,

don't fear.

I also see a path.

Look how long it is.

Press with your finger

and make a wish.

That's it.

The path again, look.

You'll go alone on this journey.

Look at the spectacle man!

He'll make the nation mourn.

What a shitty hairdo.

-F*** the war!

Resting? You've worked too

much and are tired out.

Take care so you don't get blisters

on your ass. -Can you see them?

Milena, I hear you're playing.

if that's true, we're colleagues.

Look at this Milena.

You fools!

Why does God punish me this way,

so I have to come across these

two every time?

Mother, help!

Help!

Are you alright?

I'm fine.

Leave me alone,

I'll show them!

Milena, you almost burned down.

Didn't you, darling?

This one will suit you.

Change your clothes. Take your skirt off.

I'll do it over there.

Undress.

Darling, I'm happy that you're not a woman.

Ranka can keep secrets.

You didn't tell me where they injured you, hero.

In the c*nt!

The string on the guitar broke.

Poor me! Stevo my darling,

why have you left me?

Why have you left me,

so I have to raise the children alone?

Priest! This is a requiem

for the deceased,

not for your

political speeches!

You bug us in the coffeehouse

at least leave us alone in church.

Leave it, I'll do it.

-No, it's not hard.

When will Milan come?

-Soon.

We'll soon get the papers

from Belgrade,

then go your way.

Milena, daughter. Sit down, so we can

have a drink.

Sit down if I tell you so.

I've bribed

Milan's commander,

so he will let him off on leave .

When you won't return any more,

let the bastard

come and enlist me.

My child, you can buy everything here

with money except happiness.

There is no happiness here.

Maybe there would be, if we drove

away all the Muslims.

And that handful of Croats

and in the end us Serbs too.

They should exile us all into

hell.

Then they should populate Bosnia

with normal people,

that will be able to enjoy

its beauty.

Listen daughter-in-law.

You haven't played for me on that

wonder of yours.

Here they only play on one chord for me.

You know Vladimir,

who Lev Trocki was?

He was a commander, general, God.

You know what he said?

That politics can interfere in everything

except art.

It shouldn't interfere in art.

Wait.

You haven't told me who came up

with this idea. -What?

That you play a woman's role.

Milan figured it all out.

-What do you intend to do now?

What do you mean?

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