France - World Premiere

Vivre après - Paroles de femmes (Living Afterwards)

Sedina, Jasmina, Senada: three women, three young European village women. During the war in Bosnia (1992-1995), their world fell apart. Their husbands disappeared, along with dozens of men from their families. Their houses, land, villages, and country were all swept away.
But in August 1998, they moved into the Vive Zene halfway house in Tuzla (Bosnia). There they undertook a yearlong psychotherapeutic program, thereby engaging the vital process of rebuilding their lives and taking control back over their fates. Living Afterwards follows them step-by-step through their attempt to survive. A story of universal interest, the film is the echo of countless other such tragedies, past or present. It asks us all essential questions about mourning, love and life.

Director Laurent Bécue-Renard
Original Version Bosnian
Photography Fikreta Ahmetovic, Camille Cottagnoud, Renaud Personnaz, Saskya Jol
Sound Mathilde Muyard
Editing Charlotte Boigeol
Production Kuiv Productions, Michel Rotman
2000, color, mini DV, 82'