In a Sarajevo still scarred from the Yugo-slav wars, single mother Esma struggles to make ends meet. Sara, her young daughter, has a school trip coming up, yet the cost is high. But when Sara discovers that children of war heroes can travel for free, Esma must reveal the truth about Sara’s father.

Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlinale, this compassionate, delicate drama follows ordinary people who lived through extraordinary times. Narrating the aftermath of war with both blunt force and cinematic finesse, Jasmila Žbanić’s film shows that life with trauma need not be without hope.