Quo Vadis, Aida?

Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to interpret. What is at the horizon for her family and people – rescue or death? Which move should she take?

Cast

Jasna Đuričić

as Aïda Selmanagić

Izudin Bajrović

as Nihad

Boris Ler

as Hamdija

Dino Bajrović

as Sejo

Johan Heldenbergh

as Colonel Karremans

Raymond Thiry

as Sergeant-major Franken

Boris Isaković

as General Ratko Mladić

Emir Hadžihafizbegović

as Joka

Reinout Bussemaker

as Colonel doctor Robben

Teun Luijkx

as Captain Mintjes

Reviews

Giovanni

**Intro** Quo Vadis Aida, released in 2020, is more than a film. It tells us a story, and it reminds us of our political organisation’s failures and invites us to wake up, so that those tragic events will never happen again. The Srebrenica genocide happened in 1995 and, although it’s very recent, t...

CinemaSerf

Set as the Bosnian Serb army laid siege to the town of Srebrenica, this dramatises the story of an UN interpreter “Aida” (Jasna Djuricic) and her desperate fight to rescue her husband and two sons from the encroaching forces under the command of the ruthless Ratko Mladic (Boris Isakovic). Their “saf...

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