I am a Bosnian Muslim myself and my husband was a prisoner in a Serb held concentration camp. I was truly disappointed in this movie. Both main characters were greatly underdeveloped and their actions were often not understandable. The cuts were terrible, a lot of scenes left unfinished, unexplained. All throughout the movie I was not able to really connect with the main character Ajla. I couldn't and I didn't feel sorry for her (which is terrible from a woman's point of view). The baby killing (or lack of) scene was so unnecessary and it felt really out of place. I watched many Bosnian made movies (Perfect Circle, No Man's Land, Remake) and this is the first that didn't make me cry. Largely unrealistic and far fetched. Script was also bad and as someone mentioned Ajla was quite inexpressive which is bizarre for a rape/war victim. Her nakedness and her staying in Danijel's room was also unrealistic and really not suitable for a movie about rape victims. I give it a 3/10 because of Angelina's effort to put my country back on the map.
Review of In the Land of Blood and Honey
