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Go West (2005)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War, Western
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
tense, serious, emotional, realistic, lgbt cinema, islamic, bleak, queer cinema
Plot:
gender bending, hidden identity, love and romance, life is a bitch, tragic love, gays and lesbians, love affair, society, danger, political unrest, wartime life, state affairs, balkan war, bosnian war, lgbtq, lgbt, sexual assault, conflict, war, gender, dishonesty, unfulfillment, forbidden love, muslim, village ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
bosnia, former yugoslavia, balkan, bosnia herzegovina, serbia, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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