Synopsis
Dara of Jasenovac (2020) is a Serbian wartime drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Predrag Antonijević. A ten-year-old girl is herded with her family into the camp the Ustaša ran in occupied Croatia — the place sometimes called the Auschwitz of the Balkans.
The horror unfolds through a child's eyes. Dara clings to her baby brother, keeps a promise made to her mother, and tries to hold on to her mind in a world where survival is counted in hours. Biljana Čekić carries the film almost wordlessly, telling whole chapters with a single look. Around her move guards, female overseers and fellow prisoners, and every small decision can cost a life.
The movie reckons with crimes rarely shown on screen: what the so-called Independent State of Croatia did between 1941 and 1945. It offers no comfort and no easy catharsis, which makes it a film for viewers ready to face memory rather than seek escape. Stream Dara of Jasenovac online on iFILM.
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