
Storm Hans-Christian Schmid | 2009 Thriller | Germany, Denmark, Netherlands | 105 minutes Website Info & Tickets WED FEB 17: 7:00 PM Lon Chaney Theater $6.00 Single Ticket $5.00 Students, BAC
| WINNER - Amnesty International Film Prize – Berlin Int’l Film Festival WINNER - Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas – Berlin Int’l Film Festival WINNER - Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost" – Berlin Int’l Film Festival WINNER – Bernhard Wicki Film Award – Munich Film Festival "Harrowing, provocative and deeply probing!" - Kevin Thomas, LA Times Hannah Maynard, prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, is leading a trial against a former commander of the Yugoslavian National Army who is accused of the deportation and later killing of dozens of Bosnian-Muslim civilians. When a key witness commits suicide, it looks like the case will unravel, however Hannah refuses to give in. Hoping to uncover new findings, she travels to the witness' burial in Sarajevo and meets his sister Mira who she senses has much more to say than she is willing to admit. Despite threats of violence, Mira reluctantly agrees to testify at The Hague. However, she and Hannah must both risk life and limb to make it to the court, only to discover that there are traitors among their own ranks. |