Some Other Stories (2010)

overview : The film is a high-concept project with five stories exploring the themes of motherhood and pregnancy, directed by women filmmakers from five former Yugoslav republics. “Croatian Story” follows an anguished painter who must decide whether or not to keep one of her unborn twins, diagnosed with Down syndrome. “Serbian Story” finds an expectant mother in the same emergency room with a charming killer. “Bosnia-Herzegovina Story” centers on a financially strapped Sarajevo family whose son?s lover is pregnant. “Macedonian Story” unfolds in a clinic where a drug addict struggles to keep her baby, and “Slovenian Story” ends the omnibus on a humorous note with a nun who finds her own way to immaculate conception.

Release Date : Jul 18, 2010

Runtime : 1h 54m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : Balkan Film, 4 Film, Euroimages Fund of the Council of Europe, Studio Maj

Countries : Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia

Keywords : pregnancy, anthology, woman director