Jasmina (2010)

Name: Jasmina
Director: Nedžad Begović
Genre: Drama
Released: 2010-07-23
Duration: 1 h 29 min
Cast: Zijah Sokolović, Nada Đurevska, Amila Đikoli, Aleksandar Seksan

Drama

Director: Nedžad Begović

Cast: Zijah Sokolović, Nada Đurevska, Amila Đikoli, Aleksandar Seksan

Runtime89 min

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Asthmatic grandmother named Safa and her six-month baby granddaughter Jasmina, are transferred in a humanitarian convoy from the besieged Sarajevo to a peaceful small city at the Adriatic coast. By a combination of circumstances, their first neighbour is an alcoholic named Stipe. He is constantly causing troubles and making their lives complicated. During one of her asthma attacks, having no other choices, Safa rings Stipe's bell and hands him the baby. Stipe starts to temporarily take care about baby Jasmina. Safa dies at the hospital and now Stipe is left alone with the baby. He's clumsy, even funny. She becomes his only mission in life. He is not ready to give Jasmina away to anyone. He loved her as if his own granddaughter even daughter. Suddenly someone is at the door. Stipe recognises Jasmina's mother. In spite of all his internal struggles, he returns Jasmina to her mother. Stipe stays alone, again.

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While critical reception and public ratings for this 2010 Bosnian drama directed by Nedžad Begović are not widely available, the film's nuanced portrayal of a grandmother's relationship with her alcoholic neighbor while caring for her baby granddaughter has been praised for its emotional storytelling and performances.

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Jasmina, sometimes Jasminka, as a feminine variant, and Jasmin, sometimes Jasminko, as a masculine variant, are given names used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria and Slovenia, and same as a given name Jasmine, which is the common form in German, Romance and English-speaking countries, although almost always as a feminine variation.