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No Man’s Land, One of the Most Awarded Stories of Cinema, on the NTB Stage!
In a world tormented by terrorism and wars, led by global organisations and dependent on mass media, the National Theatre of Bucharest stages, with a daunting team of creators, one of the most awarded stories of contemporary cinema, No Man’s Land by Danis Tanović,.
Director, script writer, producer and professor, Bosnian Danis Tanović was launching, in 2001, on the world’s screens, a heartrending outcry of pain and loneliness, born from an absurd and ruthless civil war, the one between Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992-1993. People who until yesterday were sitting at the same table, as in a true family, sharing joys, sorrows and holidays, became enemies, engaged in a fierce and bloody ethnic conflict.
Himself a witness of these heartrending episodes, with still unfinished studies, Danis Tanović has immortalised on film shattering images, joined by a team of documentary makers. A few years later, his debut as a director shall emerge from the crater of this glowing experience. And that was No Man’s Land! One of the most awarded films, with 42 national and international acknowledgements, among which we mention, in the time frame 2001 and 2002: Cannes – Award for Best Script, Oscar Award for Best Foreign Film, Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film and Cesar Award for Best Debut Film.
Based on a clever plot and a realistic description, spiced up with dark humour and irony, Tanović’ story refuses to point out the parties guilty for the Balkan conflict. As in a game of cat and mouse between brothers, extremely tough however, the author renders justice now to some, now to others.
The play which you shall witness on the stage of the National Theatre of Bucharest represents an adaption for the stage of the film No Man’s Land produced by the director of the show, Alexander Morfov.
No Man’s Land is a story about life and death, a painful clash between Serbians and Bosnians, assisted by peacekeeping forces, whose reaction is too detached, when it is not useless.
You can witness very impressive scenes, in which a man’s life is hanging by a … thread. More precisely, by the wire igniting the bomb. Tensions are extreme. Cruelty is limitless, and violent effusions have gotten out of control, wreaking havoc.
The tension of the moment is reflected by the confrontation between two Bosnians (Ciki and Cera) and a young Serbian recruit (Nino), all three trapped in a cave, somewhere at the border between the two armies. A bomb could explode any minute, with unpredictable consequences.
The show is not recommended for children under 16.
Based on a script written by a Bosnian, with a Bulgarian director and Romanian cast, No Man’s Land from NTB is not only a parable about war, but also about the vanity of life and human nature.
The first representations: 12 November (8.00 p.m.) and 13 November, 7.00 p.m. The premiere shall take place on 16 and 17 November, 7.00 p.m., in the Studio Hall of the National Theatre of Bucharest.
Translated by Simona Nichiteanu
