The Miner

2009, Slovenia, European Union. For 30 years, Alija, the miner, has been one of the many Bosnian immigrant workers. Due to the crisis, miners are losing jobs. Alija is sent to check an abandoned mine. His task is to quickly make sure the mine is empty before management sells the company. But in the mine, Alija finds hidden proof of executions after WWII. He is told to stop digging and report the mine empty. He decides to continue, although he is risking his job. Alija discovers thousands of executed people. He informs the police. He found women among the dead. Some of them were civilians, missing persons, just like his sister that was lost in the 1995 genocide in Bosnia. Alija is convinced the victims need to be brought out, identified and buried. But there is no interest in doing that. The mine is proclaimed a WWII military grave and walled in. The dead will stay unburied. Alija loses his job and struggles to preserve his dignity. He is sure he was doing the right thing, in spite of the unemployment his family is now faced with. From the mine, he managed to save a single braid of a woman's hair. He carries it up the hills and buries it. Based on a true story.

Category

Movies

Added

10/27/19 at 6:23pm GMT+1

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Status

Verified by VeriPLUS

Movie Genre

Biography, Drama, History

Runtime

98 min

Director

Hanna Antonina Wojcik Slak

Country

Croatia, Slovenia

Language

Slovenian

Awards

1 win.

Cast

Leon Lucev, Marina Redzepovic, Zala Djuric Ribic, Tin Marn

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