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AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER

EPIZODA U ZIVOTU BERACA ZELJEZA

By Danis TANOVIĆ

ZOOTROPE FILMS - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, FRANCE, and french speaking territories

Drama - Completed 2013

A humble man desperately tries to save his partner's life when she is callously denied much-needed treatment for a miscarriage... A critical social commentary from the award-winning director of CIRKUS COLUMBIA and NO MAN'S LAND (Oscar & Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film).

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2013
Competition
Toronto - TIFF 2013
Contemporary World Cinema
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    • Year of production
    • 2013
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
    • Languages
    • BOSNIAN
    • Duration
    • 74 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Danis TANOVIĆ
    • Writer(s)
    • Danis TANOVIĆ
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/3063-A318-EDB8-9F16-B1DE-F
    • Producer(s)
    • Amra BAKŠIĆ ČAMO, Cedomir KOLAR, Danijel HOČEVAR
    • Synopsis
    • Nazif barely makes ends meet as an iron picker to support his family. He searches daily for scrap metal while his partner Senada tends to their home and their two young daughters. A third baby is on the way.
      After a long day's work, Nazif finds Senada laid up in pain. The following day, he borrows a car to drive her to the nearest clinic. The diagnosis is that Senada has miscarried and is still carrying her dead five-month old fetus. The condition is critical and Senada needs immediate treatment at a faraway city hospital.
      Because she does not have a state-provided health insurance card, the hospital requests that Senada pay 980 Bosnian marks (500 euros), a fortune for a modest iron picker. Despite Nazif's begging, Senada is denied the crucial surgery and forced to return home to their Roma community in central Bosnia and Herzegovina.
      For the next 10 days, Nazif will do everything he can to try and save Senada's life - desperately searching for more scrap metal, seeking help from state institutions... For the next 10 days, Nazif and Senada will be fully exposed to the callousness of contemporary society.
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