Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
Marco, a Serbian soldier on leave during the war, returns to his Bosnian hometown. When three fellow soldiers accost Haris, a Muslim shopkeeper, Marco intervenes, but it costs him his life. Twelve years later the war is over, but the wounds remain open.
Marco, a Serbian soldier on leave during the war, returns to his Bosnian hometown. When three fellow soldiers accost Haris, a Muslim shopkeeper, Marco intervenes, but it costs him his life. Twelve years later the war is over, but the wounds remain open.
This piercing drama on the Bosnian War and its repercussions reveals the open wounds of the conflict by interweaving the lives of people connected by a tragic incident. With arresting sensitivity and a remarkably crafted plot, Circles poignantly dissects questions of guilt, forgiveness, and justice.