ESCAPE

Darko Lungulov’s documentary tells of a double escape: Plagued by the nerve-racking fear of the NATO bombs falling on Belgrade, the single Mother Ljilja flees the Serb capital together with her two sons Vlada (11) and Dušan (8). They emigrate to New York, where she finds work – on the 80th floor of the World Trade Center. The filmmaker focuses especially on the development of the two boys, who adapt more easily than their mother to the “American way of life”.