sky too high soil too hard
A documentary
SKY TOO HIGH, SOIL TOO HARD
Cast:
Dželaludina Pašić
Edin Ikanović
Mirnesa Čerimović
Sadmir Nukić
Director: Rudi Uran
Writing: Elvis Selimović
Original Music: Andrej Veble
Camera and Editing: Rudi Uran
Producer: Irena Kramberger Uran
73 minutes, HDV,
Independent production Kramberger&Uran
The film is the testimony of the four young people from eastern Bosnia, who survived the genocide in Srebrenica. Being pupils and students now, they try to find the purpose and direction in their lives. The confessions of the characters go back to their childhood, which they spent in the besieged Srebrenica. Their memories are connected to the seemingly trivial events (searching for food, waiting for the humanitarian help, going to school, playing...), which under the given circumstances had totally different connotations. Through their everyday struggle for survival, on the one hand the tragedy of common people could be seen, and on the other Europe's and the World 's inertia and reluctance in solving that desperate situation.
Director's commentary
The film " SKY TOO HIGH, SOIL TOO HARD" is the story about four young people who had the misfortune of leading different lives from their peers in the world. Today they are young, successful and above the evil they were exposed to. While other children were offered the variety of food to choose from, they did not have anything to eat. While the other children were forming their taste in music, the protagonists of this film did not know what the radio was. The other children were taking trips and excursions, while one of the characters of this film was searching the garbage dump for food to survive.
Nevertheless, today they are mature and clever enough to know bad and evil.