Where Eskimos Live

Synopsis

50-year old Sharkey travels to Bosnia with a false identity and under the disguise of a UNICEF envoy. In fact, he is engaged in the illicit trade of smuggling children into Western Europe. Sharkey has been sent to Vitosice by a Polish lawyer in order to pick up a small boy. But his contact in Vitosice has been murdered and the boy he was sent to collect is not there. Sharkey runs into an army patrol. The Colonel in charge forces Sharkey to take his daughter out of Bosnia to her family in Germany. A gang of youths blows up their jeep with a landmine which kills the Colonel's daughter. Sharkey and the Colonel survive. Shortly after the incident, Sharkey stumbles on the gang of youths, beats their leader in a game of cards and wins a child. Next morning the 10-year old Vlado and Sharkey set off to Poland.

In an old vehicle they travel through war-torn Bosnia, not knowing that the Colonel, who wrongly blames his daughter's death on Sharkey, is close behind them. On their way out of Bosnia, Sharkey and Vlado gradually develop a friendship.

Details

Year

2002

Type of film

Features

Running Time

tbc

Format

35mm

Director

Tomasz Wiszniewski

Producer

Wolfram Tichy

Executive Producer

Wolfram Tichy

Editor

Henry Richardson ACE

Screenwriter

Tomasz Wiszniewski, Robert Brutter

Director of Photography

Alexei Radionov

Sound

Manuel Laval

Music

Michael Lorenc

Principal Cast

Bob Hoskins, Sergiusz Zymelka

Genre

• Drama

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 26th November 2005