This film is as timely and topical today as it was the day it was
made, in fact eerily so. Set in Kosovo, it uses a "Romeo and Juliet"
theme to explore the ironies in the conflicts and ethnic divisions
between the Muslim Albanians and the Serbs of the region. The star-crossed
lovers are the subject of a documentary, as yet untitled (hence the
name of the film), who eventually overcome all the obstacles that
life and their families throw at them and leave the region to begin
a new life together.
Mira plays the love interest of the filmmaker, a professional actress
whose work we see glimpses of in another film within the film which
takes the same theme as the documentary. Their relationship is a troubled
on again and off again thing in contrast with the fidelity and unwavering
love between the other couple. She spends a great deal of the film
playing hard to get and in the end when she realizes that he has finally
decided to move on regrets what she has lost. Interestingly she speaks
some English in her role in the movie within. A very eclectic blend
of languages is used in this production, Serbo-Croatian, Albanian,
German, French, English and Spanish, were the major ones I noticed.
Although she is billed as the female lead in this film, she does
not have a great deal of on-screen time. However, if you've ever wanted
to see Mira as an actress playing an action hero ("Unchained Fire,"
anyone?) and toting a machine gun, this is it. I also don't think
I've ever seen her look more beautiful in anything else I've ever
seen her in. Some of her close-ups are simply breathtaking and those
wistful longing eyes in her last scene are truly haunting.