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An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker

Name: An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker
Released: 2013

Epizoda u životu berača željeza

2013

A poor Roma family in rural Bosnia faces catastrophe when the pregnant mother falls gravely ill and, lacking health insurance, is turned away by the hospital. Her scrap-collecting husband scrambles to save her. A stark drama drawn from real events, played by the family itself.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Bosnia and Herzegovina

This film is stop 4 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Bosnia and Herzegovina. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 196 country film challenge.