Belvedere – Global Lens 2011 Film Series

Global Lens 2011 Film Series sponsored by The Global Film Initiative

Ruveyda is like most residents of the Belvedere refugee camp: a widow yearning to forget the tragedy of war, fifteen years after the ethnic cleansing of Bosnia and Herzegovina. But unlike those around her, she spends most of her days in a bittersweet routine of caring for her extended family, and searching for the remains of her husband and son—both of which offer a precarious hope that is one day tested when her nephew is selected to participate in a reality show in a former enemy enclave. An emotionally rich portrait of war’s troubled aftermath, director Ahmed Imamovic’s film paints an uncommon image of patience, faith, love, and above all, forgiveness.

Directed by Ahmed Imamovic
Bosnian w/English subtitles, Bosnia & Herzegovina
90 min, 35 mm

Trailer: http://catalogue.globalfilm.org/global-lens-collection/global-lens-2011/belvedere.html