Dnevnik Diane Budisavljevic

Sad and real movie at the same time. The main actress did her acting good.

First of all, this film should be praised for bringing up a tragic event from not so distant history, which today remains somewhat forgotten due to various political influences. However, the way this picture deals with the said historical event is rather bland, in both the technical and, indeed, the story-telling sense.

There were only a few interesting shots in the entire film, mostly during the documentary parts when the surviving victims were interviewed. As far as the played parts go, interior scenes looked rather unauthentic, while exterior scenes were few and far in between, strongly suggesting the limited budget of this picture.

However, the greatest letdown of the film is undoubtedly the character development. To be precise, we did not witness any character development, not even from the main character Diana Budisavljevic. I believe she actually said the word "children" in literally every scene. All right, we get it, her kind efforts have saved the lives of many children, but that could not have been her one and only character trait. Dialogues were another disappointment. They regularly featured repetitive lines, while the conflicts were often resolved in a matter of seconds.

Very important story about life of a woman that risked her life to save thousand of small children in Croatia during the second World War. I like the acting and filming.

The movie left me with so many questions and I would prefer if the movie was at least 30 minuttes longer.

Some may not like the movie, modern day fascist especially, but story is well told, shows what Ustasa did to deserve their faith in months following 2nd WW and that many Croats were honest Catholics taking in Serb children to save them from certain death. And with the rise of fascism in the region, everyone should look what their 'idols' were doing to defenceless children!

This is one of the stories that shouldn't be forgotten. The horrible terror of our human past.

This movie tells it all. It's all perfectly done. Nothing too much. Just enough.