Land of Truth, Love & Freedom
★ 6.3 · 2000 · 72m · Drama · War
In 1999, during the NATO bombing in Serbia, a young television editor (Boris Milivojevic) in an underground shelter - turned mental institution is having a psychiatric exploration through which he reflects his story...
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