‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’ Movie Review: Bosnian War Drama Gives Insight Into Tragedy
One of the biggest questions a filmmaker has to face before depicting a real-life event is the question of perspective: whose perspective will be shown? An actor? A participant? The leaders or the people? The angel of history? Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić has chosen an interesting through line for her examination of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre: Aida Selmanagić, translator for the UN observing forces whose duty in her job is brought into conflict with her loyalty to her husband and sons. The entire films seems to lay its cards on the table from the first scene: the players are introduced an...