Chasing justice
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Chasing justice |
| Country of production | Germany , Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 86 minutes |
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| Director | Charles Binamé |
| script |
Ian Adams , Riley Adams , Michelle Lovretta |
| production |
Francine Allaire , Michael André |
| music | Michel Cusson |
| camera | Georges Archambault |
| cut | Dominique Fortin |
| occupation | |
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The Hunt for Justice , subtitled Das Tribunal von Den Haag , is a German-Canadian television film directed by Charles Binamé from 2005 . The Canadian performance title is Hunt for Justice . The film is a story based on true events about the work of Louise Arbor , who was the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague and investigated on the spot.
action
1996: Canadian lawyer Louise Arbor comes to The Hague as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). She learns from prosecutor Thomas Keller, among others, that in the past three years 74 charges were brought by the UN war crimes tribunal, but only three convictions were made. One reason for this is, among other things, that the tribunal serves more as a prestige institution and, above all, the UNO generals in the various control areas refuse to arrest war criminals, fearing that this would exacerbate the desolate situation in Yugoslavia and provoke a new war. Due to financial constraints, Arbor has announced that the ICTY will focus on three crimes on behalf of all the atrocities of war: the Srebrenica massacre , the Omarska camp (both Bosnia) and the Vukovar massacre ( Croatia ). She travels to Vukovar, where a new mass grave has just been discovered. She is shocked by the images; around 250 to 300 corpses are suspected to be buried in the grave. She meets the British elite soldier Captain John Tanner for the first time, who gives her courage. In addition, translator Pasko Odzak is at her side, who helps her in dialogue with the mothers of the victims. He himself works for the UN because he hopes to receive information about the fate of his missing wife more quickly. She was imprisoned in the Omarska camp, but some prisoners managed to escape. This hope drives him.
In Sarajevo , Arbor meets the NATO generals from the various control areas who refuse to cooperate with the International Criminal Court. You accuse Arbor of simply not familiar with the difficult subject. Arbor realizes that she cannot trust the generals in each zone. She receives tips from Tanner that Slavko Dokmanović , mayor of Vukovar, occasionally visits neutral areas because he owns real estate here. He also gives information on where war criminal Milan Kovačević, doctor and head of the Omarska camp, is staying. In order to prevent both of them from going into hiding, Arbor has two undercover arrest warrants issued by Thomas Keller, among others, despite concerns. Both men can be arrested. They will be brought to trial that documents numerous atrocities and reveals the guilt of both men. Dokmanović commits suicide in his cell, while Kovačević dies shortly after of an artery obstruction. Arbor is confused and is thinking of giving up, since she has put everything on one card and is now starting from scratch. It is Pasko Odzak who is building it up again.
Soon Arbor received news of several massacres in Kosovo, the commissioner of which is most likely Slobodan Milošević . Arbor, who wanted to get an idea of the situation on the spot, was stopped on the border with Serbia in January 1999. She is now certain that the Hague Tribunal will not come to an end until Slobodan Milošević has been tried. Pasko Odzak, in turn, learns that his wife perished in the Omarska camp. She was identified by an earring whose counterpart Pasko has.
NATO starts its air war over Serbia. Slobodan Milošević offers the UN a deal: immunity to ceasefire. Arbor suspects that the generals want to negotiate with Slobodan Milošević. She manages to speak to British General Mortimer alone and some time later without a word he sends her all the British files from nine years of war in Yugoslavia. The evaluation is enough to charge Slobodan Milošević with crimes against humanity . The arrest is forced as he is preparing to escape. The arrest warrant for Slobodan Milošević sets a precedent. Arbor reads the indictment publicly on May 27, 1999. Then she walks along the beach with Pasko Odzak. He is about to leave town, but gives Arbor the earrings he and his wife owned. Slobodan Milošević was arrested in 2001 and charged in 2002.
production
The Hunt for Justice was filmed in Montréal , 's-Gravenhage , Cologne , Düsseldorf and Mönchengladbach , among others . Arbor worked as a consultant on the script. The film had its German television premiere on July 12, 2005 on arte .
Reviews
The film service called the Hunt for Justice a “biopic about a committed woman and her ideals, which came about with the help of the portrayed lawyer.” For TV Spielfilm it was a “gripping political thriller based on real events” and the “portrait of a real peace fighter ".
Awards
At the Gemini Awards , the film received the award for best television film. He was also nominated in the categories of Best Editing, Best Sound and Best Screenplay.
Web links
- Hunt for Justice in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Hunt for Justice on arte.tv ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Hunt for Justice. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See tvspielfilm.de
- ↑ See awards on imdb.com.
