Jasenovac was a horror of different scale. Hundreds of thousands of people, mainly Serbs, Jews and Roma, had to witness the horrors that Ustase regime brought upon them. According to Jewish historian Gideon Greif, Ustase regime had all in all 57 different torture methods of pure sadistic nature, ranging from burning people alive, cutting women's breasts to sticking children on a bayonet.
This movie manages to cover a portion of those crimes, while telling a touching story about Dara, a 10 year old Serbian girl from Jasenovac who is taking care of her barely 2 year old brother Budo with the absence of both parents.
This is a drama film, not a documentary and thus it is unnecessary to portray the most horrific torture methods.
The style of this movie is also phenomenal, portraying death as a train ride throughout the winter. Every dead character hops on a train, waiting for it to finally go at the end of the movie. This style of storytelling brought me almost to tears.
This movie manages to cover a portion of those crimes, while telling a touching story about Dara, a 10 year old Serbian girl from Jasenovac who is taking care of her barely 2 year old brother Budo with the absence of both parents.
This is a drama film, not a documentary and thus it is unnecessary to portray the most horrific torture methods.
The style of this movie is also phenomenal, portraying death as a train ride throughout the winter. Every dead character hops on a train, waiting for it to finally go at the end of the movie. This style of storytelling brought me almost to tears.
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