A remarkable true story set during the Seige of Sarajevo in the early 90’s. After nearly 2 years of war, there is still no way out of the city. People need a better reason to carry on living than just survival. The first house parties that erupt under curfew in late ’93 quickly evolve into the first wartime clubs, where limited supplies of power, alcohol and drugs can’t stop the daylong parties.
Lutvo and his childhood sweetheart, Sara, are at the forefront of the counterculture as Lutvo’s first band, ‘Lezi Majmunes’, quickly becomes one of the most popular and revered wartime bands. The music becomes as important in expressing a city’s lost voice as it is in saving a peoples’ sanity. But as Lezi Majmune are offered the promise of escape to play a gig in Europe, thanks to the scene in Sarajevo receiving international recognition, the realities of war are never far away and tragedy strikes Lutvo and Sara’s lives.
WRITERS: Richard Rudy & James Harvey