The Prosecutor, The Defender, The Father and his Son

French public prosecutor Catherine Lagrange is determined to bring Serbian Chetnik leader Krstić to justice over accusations of mass murder. Her opposite number is Mikhail Finn, a Swede with Russian roots. Initially everything runs according to plan from the prosecution's point of view, with the hope being that the evidence of witness Dejan Palić will prove decisive. Palić is prepared to testify about atrocities committed by his unit during the war. Led by an intuitive scepticism apropos Dejan's reliability, Mikhail travels to Bosnia in search of Dejan's family, who hitherto considered their son missing in action. By confronting father and son Mikhail is hoping for a turning point in the case.

In this legal drama Bulgarian director Iglika Triffonova, ably assisted by an international cast, remains neutral, as she patiently raises a series of important issues with tact and compassion, leaving it instead to the viewer to make conclusions. CB