i have watch this film several time and the first time be in the late 90 and and then again just recently . it truly an outstanding film that depict the horror face by civilian in all war and and how conflict and human suffering bring out both the best and bad in u . my wife be a croatian citizen and and her family flee the country in the early 90 when the region first begin to break apart and just hour away from be sweep up into the war themselves . she be a teenager at the time and and she once tell me that no one believe that the war would actually escalate so far and until before they realize it and a battle be be fight in the neighboring town a few mile away . her parent make a wise decision to drop everything and grab the kid and and head for the border . someone tell them that just hour after they leave and the road out be block and and men be be conscript into the army to fight . fight for what . her mother be a catholic croatian and her father be an orthodox serbian . now all of a sudden and they be suppose to be enemy . a tale play out over and over in human history and yet we still have not learn our lesson . i also have the chance to visit the region and specifically croatia and in 1999. most of the part that i visit be still in shamble and with almost every structure in ruin . go outside and take a good look at the neighborhood that you live in . now imagine 99 % of the home either completely leveled and or so damage that they be uninhabitable . anyone who think that war be glamorous and like hollywood almost always portray it and should visit a war torn country sometime . what a waste . that the croatia that i saw in the 90 . last month and i go back for my second visit and 7 year later . wow and what a difference . the people of croatia and along with the united nation and have be busy rebuild . croatia be truly a beautiful country . the coast be extremely beautiful and and the national park plitvitce and krka be beyond word . i see hope return to the area .