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The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

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1993. A passenger train from Belgrade to Bar is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, only one man dares to stand up to them. This is the true story of a man who could not remain silent.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
Croatian
  • audacious

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Slovenia

Where to watch

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereManhattan Short Film Festival27 Sept 2024
    • PremierePhiladelphia Film Festival18 Oct 2024
    • PremiereThe American French Film Festival, Los Angeles31 Oct 2024
    • Theatrical (limited)14 Feb 2025
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival16 Aug 2024
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival7 Sept 2024
    • Theatrical (limited)14 Feb 2025
  • Bosnia & HerzegovinaBA

    • PremiereSarajevo Film Festival21 Aug 2024
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereSao Paulo short film festival25 Aug 2024
  • BulgariaBG

    • PremiereOKO International Ethnographic Film Festival: Bulgarian Edition5 Oct 2025
  • CroatiaHR

    • PremiereThe Mediterranean Film Festival18 Jun 2024
    • PremiereSlano Film Days20 Jun 2024
    • PremierePonta Lopud Filma Festival28 Jun 2024
    • PremiereTabor Film Festival6 Jul 2024
    • PremiereFestival europskog filma10 Jul 2024
    • PremierePula Film Festival17 Jul 2024
    • PremiereCinehill Film Festival24 Jul 2024
    • PremiereBrac Film Festival7 Aug 2024
    • PremiereRab Film Festival25 Aug 2024
    • PremiereStar Film Festival, Sisak29 Aug 2024
    • PremiereVukovar Film Festival30 Aug 2024
    • PremiereShort Film Festival Novigrad6 Sept 2024
    • PremiereDOKUart, Bjelovar11 Oct 2024
    • PremiereZagreb Film Festival8 Nov 2024
    • TVCroatian Radiotelevision (HRT)2 Mar 2025
  • CzechiaCZ

    • PremierePrague Short Film Festival27 Feb 2025
  • FinlandFI

    • PremiereTampere Film Festival6 Mar 2025
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival24 May 2024
    • PremiereBulgarian cinema festival13 Sept 2024
    • TVARTE, Court-circuit15 Sept 2024
    • PremiereVilleurbanne Short Film Festival15 Nov 2024
    • Digital / OTTARTE, Limited-time streaming29 Dec 2024
    • PremiereFestival des Cinémas Engagés15 Feb 2025
  • GreeceGR

    • PremiereKINO Athens, International Independent Film Festival3 Mar 2025
  • Hong KongHK

    • PremiereHong Kong International Film Festival16 Apr 2025

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The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent was released on 14 February 2025.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    1/23/2025

    7/10

    This is quite a tensely shot short drama that depicts a scene on a train that has been stopped on it's journey through Bosnia by a paramilitary gang seeking Muslims. They are polite enough to the "brother" passengers whose papers they inspect, but "Milan" (Silvio Mumelaš) in one carriage has no papers and is terrified. His fellow travellers offer him some comfort and one, the retired captain "Tomo" (Dragan Mićanović)…

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