木瓜的芳香

MoscowInternationalFilmFestival<br/>　　1983 Nominated GoldenPrize<br/>　　ThisstoryissetinSarajevoin1941whentheGermansoccupiedthecity,andwhenMuslims,Christians,andJewssupportedeachother(forthemostpart)againsttheforeignmilitarypresence.AMuslimpatriarchishidingaJewishwomaninhishousetoprotectherfromtheGermanround-ups.TheChristianswholivenearbyarealsohidingweaponsandresistancefighters,dissimulatingwhentheGermanscometothedoortosearchtheirhouses.Ibrahim,oneofthepatriarch'ssons,sympathizeswiththeresistance,butanotherson,Mustafa,hasjoinedupwiththeoccupyingforcesbecausehewantssomeofthelootthatisboundtocomehisway.ItdoesnottakelongfortheturncoatsontomeettheJewishwomanathishome--andwantherforhimself.Hisfamilyissooutragedathisbehaviorwhenhetriestoforcehimselfonher,thatheisalmostdisinherited.MeanwhiletheGermanforcescomebacktothepatriarch'shometolookfortheJewishwoman,thefatherfightsback,killingasoldierandthenhe,inturn,iskilled.MustafaandsomeGermanofficersshowupinthemorning,andatthecemetery(Muslimcustomistointerthedeadassoonaspossible),Mustafaseesthathisfatherhasalreadybeenburied.ThisistheshockthatcreateshisfirstrealizationofwhattheNazipresencemeans,andallofasudden,hisactionstakeanunexpectedandpermanentnewdirection.Thisfilmwasawarded&quot;BestScreenplay&quot;atthe1982PulaFilmFestival.<br/>　　MirzaIdrizovic'swonderfultakeontheearlydaysofWW2inSarajevopresentedinhismasterpiece&quot;MirisDunja&quot;(TheScentofQuinces)revealedhimtobeoneofBosnia'smostimportantfilmdirectorsoftheoldergeneration.