A harrowing war drama that plunges into the desperate heart of a mother's terror. Amidst the deafening silence of international failure, Aida frantically races through a bureaucratic labyrinth, carrying the agonizing weight of humanity’s darkest blind spots.

Quo Vadis, Aida?

26 February 2021 Austria 104 min ⭐ 7.6 (461)

Director: Jasmila Žbanić

Cast: Jasna Đuričić, Izudin Bajrović, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrović, Johan Heldenbergh

Drama War History

Bureaucratic Paralysis and Complicity Maternal Desperation and Survival The Banality of Evil Trauma, Memory, and Denial

Budget: $4,750,000

Box Office: $813,253

Quo Vadis, Aida? - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details

Easter Eggs

TheBiblicalReferenceintheTitle

ThephraseQuoVadis(Latinfor'Whereareyoumarching?'or'Whereareyougoing?')referstotheapocryphalActsofPeter.PeteraskstheresurrectedJesuswhereheisgoing, towhichJesusreplies, 'ToRome, tobecrucifiedagain.'ThisprofoundlymirrorsAida'srelentlessrushingthroughthecampandhereventual, agonizingreturntoSrebrenica, facingthemetaphoricalcrucifixionofhercommunity[1.15].

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