Black Kites
6.5
Based on 1992 journals of Bosnian visual artist Alma Hajric who was forced into a basement shelter to survive the siege of Sarajevo, Black Kites skillfully merges the reality-based content of her journal with interpretive visual material to reveal the simple, sometimes beautiful, yet brutal truth of her existence. Non-linear, dreamlike and spectral, Black Kites is a testament to artistry, imagination and the resiliency of the human psyche. Features sensitive performances by Steve Buscemi, Mimi Goese and Mira Furlan, a prominent actress from the former Yugoslavia, as the narrator.
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Cast
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Steve Buscemi
Known for
Wednesday
Monsters, Inc.
Mira Furlan
Narrator
Known for
Babylon 5
Lost
Jason Kliot
Jo Andres
Mimi Goese
Joana Vicente
Also in
In the White City
Talia Kagan
Lucian Buscemi
Maryette Charlton
Known for
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
Lillian Kiesler
Lucy Sexton
Michael Buscemi
Jo Andres Director · Lisa Rinzler Cinematographer
United States release July 18, 1996 · Produced in United States
Production
Open City Films
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 18, 1996
Theatrical
Australia
January 1, 1997 · Melbourne International Film Festival
Bosnia & Herzegovina
January 1, 1997 · Sarajevo Film Festival
Canada
September 12, 1996 · Toronto International Film Festival
Germany
February 1, 1997 · Berlin International Film Festival
Italy
January 1, 1998 · TV premiere
Sweden
October 1, 1996 · Uppsala International Short Film Festival
United Kingdom
January 1, 1997 · Edinburgh International Film Festival
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