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202188 minGdocumentary

Darkness There and Nothing More

202188 minGdocumentary

A conversation unfolds in an empty theater as filmmaker Tea Tupajic seeks answers from Dutch war veterans about the scars of the Yugoslav civil war.

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A conversation unfolds in an empty theater as filmmaker Tea Tupajic seeks answers from Dutch war veterans about the scars of the Yugoslav civil war.

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In an empty theater, filmmaker Tea Tupajic engages in a night of conversation with Dutch war veterans Frank and Harm. The setting evokes memories of her childhood in Sarajevo during the civil war, which left lasting scars on her life and work. Tupajic seeks answers to difficult questions about the past while searching for hope in the experiences of the two men. The film runs for 88 minutes and was released in 2021.

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