Kosovo, winter 1999. KFOR forces perform their humanitarian task while trying to maintain a difficult neutrality between Kosovo Albanians and Serbs. A platoon of Spanish Army engineers becomes unwittingly caught up in the spiral of violence between the two sides.
Acting
Eduardo Noriega's silent unraveling — authority cracking in real time.
Direction
Calparsoro traps you in the same moral fog as his soldiers.
Cinematography
Bleached Kosovo winter — beauty that feels like accusation.
Director
Daniel Calparsoro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on location in Bosnia standing in for Kosovo; Spanish soldiers who served in KFOR consulted on dialogue.
Released when Spain was wrestling with its own military identity — pacifist public, NATO obligations, colonial guilt.
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