Based on the book 'Natasha's Story' by Michael Nicholson, the film follows a group of US and UK journalists, who go and report the Bosnian war in Sarajevo. There, they encounter and soon become impressed by dedicated woman who runs an orphanage to help 200 children during the war, ending up with devoting their entire life to support the orphanage and heal the war.
3 May 1961, Split, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]
15 January 1965, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
5 October 1925, Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia
26 August 1962, Trebinje, Yugoslavia [now Bosnia and Hercegovina]
4 December 1964, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
24 June 1950, Skopje, Macedonia, Yugoslavia
30 May 1974, Struga, Macedonia, Yugoslavia
30 October 1974
27 March 1957, London, England, UK
21 April 1991, London, England, UK
1943, Skopje, Macedonia, Yugoslavia
30 July 1966, Wellington, New Zealand
1975, Skopje, Yugoslavia [now in Macedonia]
29 July 1949, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
21 August 1955, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
July 19, 2014
By turns darkly comical and passionately angry
January 01, 2000
Too often we sense that the actors are drifting and the story is at sea.
January 01, 2000
However closely they mirror the real experience of Mr. Nicholson and others, some of the shocks here are too sadly predictable.
January 26, 2006
A crisp, rigorously unsentimental director, Winterbottom was a good choice for this project.
January 01, 2000
Messy and visceral, with an articulate, pointed anger that's recognizably British, "Welcome to Sarajevo" hits with an impact that's not diminished by the fact that Sarajevo's uneasy peace has held.
June 18, 2002
Winterbottom takes a recent history the rest of the world already was beginning to forget and throws it into a sharp, human focus.
June 05, 2002
It's an extraordinarily affecting, personal, and at times uplifting tale.
June 17, 2004
Good set-up; less pay-off than I'd hoped.
December 23, 2006
A documentary would have more powerfully captured the horror of the Bosnian conflict than this synthetic, if well-acted and -intentioned, drama.
March 24, 2002
A blistering docudrama, as refreshing as it is horrifying.
June 18, 2002
A compelling but jumbled film that examines the line between journalistic detachment and passion.
January 01, 2000
Loosely structured, it keeps its focus despite lots of dramatic wiggle room.
