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A few years after the Balkan wars, President Bill Clinton plans to visit to the town of Tesanj, Bosnia-Herzegovina, to observe the country's progress. Hearing the news, alcoholic former police chief Faruk (Enis Beslagic) hatches a wacky plan to avenge the wartime death of his son. As the town's corrupt cops and mobsters work to cover up their crimes and present the United States with a sanitized and harmonious version of Tesanj, Faruk schemes to kidnap Clinton and hold him for ransom.

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Elvis Mitchell New York Times Featured in the New Directors/New Films series, this droll, soulful comedy-drama tells us that after the smoke clears, life goes on. Rated: 4/5 Mar 31, 2004 Full Review David Walsh World Socialist Web Site The film is set in contemporary Bosnia, but the civil wars of the 1990s dominate everyday life. ... Gangsters, in and out of police uniform, run the town, smuggling cigarettes, liquor, undocumented workers and prostitutes. Feb 16, 2021 Full Review Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film This is an engaging, enjoyable film. The acting is utterly convincing and the plot so tight you could bounce things on it. Rated: 4.5/5 Dec 7, 2007 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 0.5/5 Jan 9, 2006 Full Review Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television There have been so many war movies recently. Fuse is a peace movie. It is a film that allows viewers to visualize peace. Dec 13, 2004 Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Fuse is a clever political drama that shows how difficult it is for a small town to reinvent itself over a seven day period. Rated: 4/5 Apr 2, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Eight years is apparently the length of time that needs to pass from the end of a genocidal civil war to when it becomes okay to make a quirky dark comedy about the interraction of the different communites in the aftermath. Bosnia's 2003 submission for Best Foreign Language film at the Academy Awards is worth seeing, but if you want to stream it from Netflix, tonight is the last night it is available. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Given the atrocities that were committed in the region during the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, and the serious nature of the ethnic hatreds that still exist in the region, a comedy about a town getting ready for a visit from the US president seems a bit out of place. And at times, some of the scenes made this viewer uncomfortable. But maybe humor is just what the situation needs to ease the tensions. At times, it was difficult to keep the players straight, and to understand the relationships between the various villagers, but eventually it all begins to make sense. Mildly entertaining, one sees where it is inevitably going some little while before it gets there, but by that time, the investment has been made and one might as well stick around for the pay off. A few rather chaste sex scenes, and the interaction between the two factions of firemen provided some of the lighter moments, while the story of the father searching for the son who was killed during the fighting lent a certain poignancy to the entire affair. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Hilarious! And dark. What an amazing film. I very rarely find myself attracted to foreign comedies, but when I read the description in the SFFF catalog that year, I knew I HAD to see this. And I was right! It's a work of comedic/political/heartbreaking genius. If you can get your hands on it, definitely see it. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member If you have netflix, you should watch this on streaming video. Good stuff. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Great tragicomedy...with amazing Bosnian sense of humor! Really life full movie! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member uzas - unworth being seen Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A few years after the Balkan wars, President Bill Clinton plans to visit to the town of Tesanj, Bosnia-Herzegovina, to observe the country's progress. Hearing the news, alcoholic former police chief Faruk (Enis Beslagic) hatches a wacky plan to avenge the wartime death of his son. As the town's corrupt cops and mobsters work to cover up their crimes and present the United States with a sanitized and harmonious version of Tesanj, Faruk schemes to kidnap Clinton and hold him for ransom.
Director
Pjer Zalica
Producer
Ademir Kenovic
Screenwriter
Pjer Zalica
Production Co
Columbia
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Serbian
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 11, 2003, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 18, 2016
Runtime
1h 51m
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