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* WhereAreTheyNow: The epilogue of the movie reveals [[spoiler:Emira still lives in England]].

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* WhereAreTheyNow: WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The epilogue of the movie reveals [[spoiler:Emira still lives in England]].
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It may be a long ago now, but at the time the war was relatively recent. Doesn't sound like it was enough to be intended to be a period piece.


* PeriodPiece: The film focuses on the humanitarian crisis that resulted from the Yugoslav wars are happening.
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* UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars: The plot for the movie.

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A 1997 American-British war film directed by Creator/MichaelWinterbottom that takes place during the Yugoslav wars that has a reporter (Creator/StephenDillane) traveling there to cover the events happening in the Balkans. As he spends more time there, the situation in Yugoslavia continues to deteriorate.

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''Welcome to Sarajevo'' is a
1997 American-British war film directed by Creator/MichaelWinterbottom that and starring Creator/StephenDillane.

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takes place during the Yugoslav wars UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars that has a reporter (Creator/StephenDillane) reporter, Michael Henderson (Dillane) traveling there to cover the events happening in the Balkans. As he spends more time there, the situation in Yugoslavia continues to deteriorate.




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* MusicForCourage: Subverted at the end when hundreds of people come to see Harun play the cello. Earlier however Harun said he only did this when Sarajevo became the worst place on Earth (at the time it was only rate the 14th place on Earth).

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* MusicForCourage: Subverted at the end when hundreds of people come to see Harun play the cello. Earlier however Earlier, however, Harun said he he'd only did do this when Sarajevo became the worst place on Earth (at the time it was only rate rated the 14th place on Earth).



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* PeriodPiece: The film focuses on the humanitarian crisis that resulted from the Yugoslav wars were happening.

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* PeriodPiece: The film focuses on the humanitarian crisis that resulted from the Yugoslav wars were are happening.
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* TheNineties: Takes place in the early 1990s when the Yugoslav wars were starting to break out.

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* TheNineties: Takes place in the early 1990s when the Yugoslav wars were are starting to break out.
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* MusicForCourage: Subverted at the end when hundreds of people come to see Harun play the cello. Earlier however Harun said he only did this when Sarajevo became the worst place on Earth (at the time it was only rate the 14th place on Earth).


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* RunningGag: Throughout the film it is joked that Sarajevo was ranked as the 14th worst place in the world when the crisis was occurring.
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A 1997 American-British war film directed by Creator/MichaelWinterbottom that takes place during the Yugoslav wars that has a reporter (Creator/StephenDillane) traveling there to cover the events happening in the Balkans. As he spends more time there, the situation in Yugoslavia continues to deteriorate.

The movie also stars Creator/WoodyHarrelson, Creator/MarisaTomei, Creator/EmiraNusevic, Creator/KerryFox, and Creator/GoranVisnjic.

It was released on November 6, 1997.

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* TheNineties: Takes place in the early 1990s when the Yugoslav wars were starting to break out.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: Based on Creator/MichaelNicholson's ''Literature/NatashasStory''.
* PeriodPiece: The film focuses on the humanitarian crisis that resulted from the Yugoslav wars were happening.
* WhereAreTheyNow: The epilogue of the movie reveals [[spoiler:Emira still lives in England]].
* UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars: The plot for the movie.

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