FOR THOSE WHO CAN TELL NO TALES

The trail followed by Australian Kym Vercoe on her travels through Bosnia is also eerily present in its absence. Instead of historical romanticism, she discovers the ignorance of a post-war society, in which former rape camps serve as hotels and recent history (though not the topic itself) is omnipresent. The young tourist is placed under suspicion, intimidated, interrogated, and can nevertheless not be kept from grieving. Jasmila Žbanić approaches sexual violence against women as a tool of war via the sites where the crimes have occurred – literally ungraspable testimonials of terror. Both images and perception elude attribution to categories such as fictional or documentary. The film however remains a visible, real memorial.