ENG
In 1999, during the US-led NATO bombing in former Yugoslavia, Ljilja and her two sons escaped Belgrade to ironically seek refuge in the US. Over the course of the next four years, the filmmaker follows this single mother, whose bitterness toward US foreign policy is still palpable, and her two sons as they make a new home in America. The film focuses largely on the sons, Vlada (11) and Dusan (8), as they navigate the complicated waters of “becoming American”. Then, in an unimaginable twist of fate, on September 11, 2001, Ljilja finds herself working on the 80th floor of one of the Twin Towers while her sons wait anxiously from the sidelines to learn of her traumatic escape. Less than two years later, Vlada, now a young man, tries to make sense of the world around him as the War in Iraq unfolds. We follow him through his complex quest for personal and national identity. Filmed over 5 years, ESCAPE delves deep into global issues, and yet remains an intensely personal story.
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Godine 1999, tokom NATO bombardovanja Jugoslavije, Ljilja i njena dva sina beže iz Beograda da bi potražili utočište u SAD. Tokom naredne četiri godine, reditelj prati ovu samohranu majku, čija je gorčina prema SAD i dalje opipljiva, dok njena dva sina odrastaju i formiraju se u američkom sistemu. Film se uglavnom fokusira na sinove, Vladu (11) i Dušana (8) dok plove komplikovanim vodama „i postaju Amerikanci“.
Film Escape počeo je kao čisto dokumenovanje svedočanstva dečaka izbeglih pred NATO bombardovanjem, a prerastao je u višegodišnje praćenje njihovog odrastanja u američkom sistemu. Snimljen tokom 5 godina, Escape prodire duboko u globalna pitanja, a ipak ostaje intenzivno lična priča.