The Perfect Circle

19971h 50min

An alcoholic Bosnian poet sends his wife and daughter away from Sarajevo so they can avoid the troubles there. However, he is soon descended upon by a pair of orphaned brothers. The brothers have escaped a massacre in their own village and have come to the Bosnian capital in search of a long lost Aunt. The poet befriends the boys and together they try to survive the horror of the siege of Sarajevo.

Storyline

An alcoholic Bosnian poet sends his wife and daughter away from Sarajevo so they can avoid the troubles there. However, he is soon descended upon by a pair of orphaned brothers. The brothers have escaped a massacre in their own village and have come to the Bosnian capital in search of a long lost Aunt. The poet befriends the boys and together they try to survive the horror of the siege of Sarajevo.

Released
September 10, 1997
Runtime
1h 50min
Language
Bosnian
Production
Sarajevo Dokument, Parnasse International, Canal+, Argus Film Produktie, La Sept Cinéma, Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma, Jadran Film, Eurimages, VPRO, Objektív Film, RTVFBiH, CNC, ARD Degeto