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Int’l Critics Line: Anna Smith On Serbia’s Oscar Entry ‘Dara Of Jasenovac’

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The opening scene of Dara Of Jasenovac, Serbia’s submission to the International Feature Oscar race, gives a poignant hint of the horrors to come.

The setting is rural Croatia in the 1940s. A large group of Serbian women and children are being marched to a train station by armed guards.

Two Croatian women work in the fields, watching them fearfully, also cautious of their own fate. One catches the eye of a woman in the line who’s holding a baby, understanding her pleading look.

With one small, sad, wordless nod, an infant is left with a stranger, his mother knowing that the alternative will likely be far worse.

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