Deserters

Story

Synopsis

“I had many friends before the war; many of them are dead now”, one of the narrators comments, looking at a photo of her classmates. “We had a perfect life, but we were never satisfied,” she adds laconically. The secondary school in Mostar united them, the War of Independence divided them. This mosaic of memories of the early 1990s is composed of contemporary postcards and silent shots of places where wars were once fought. Their calmness today contrasts with the emotional excerpts from the letters of the Croatian students. They describe their flight across the border, their experiences in refugee camps, and their lingering hatred of the enemies who robbed them of their home and youth.

Director

Damir Markovina

Writers

Damir Markovina

Language

Croatian

Country

Croatia

Release date

30 October 2022

Ensemble

Cast

• Rea Hadžiosmanović

  Herself

• Gabrijela Kasapović

  Herself

• Boris Miletić

  Himself

• Marko Tomaš

  Himself