Savior

Savior

Year: 1998

Runtime: 103 mins

Language: English

Director: Predrag Antonijević

Budget: $10M

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A battle-hardened mercenary serving in the French Foreign Legion is thrust into the brutal Bosnian conflict, fighting a war he no longer believes in while yearning for purpose. Confronted with horrific atrocities, he gradually awakens to his own humanity and the cost of violence.

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1

Paris bombing and revenge

In Paris, Joshua Rose loses his wife and son in a bombing carried out by Islamic terrorists. Immediately after the transfer ceremony, he storms a nearby mosque and shoots several worshipers. His friend Peter is forced to shoot one of the survivors, and to avoid arrest they flee and join the French Foreign Legion, with Joshua adopting the name 'Guy'.

immediately after transfer ceremony Paris, France
2

Becoming Guy and the Bosnian War

Years later, now calling himself Guy, he fights for the Bosnian Serbs alongside Peter. They are stationed on a bridge that separates Bosniaks, with Guy manning a sniper post above the water. Guy witnesses Peter's death at a checkpoint and then shoots a boy crossing the bridge.

early 1990s, Bosnian War Bosnian town bridge
3

Ceasefire search and grim discoveries

During a ceasefire, Guy and the Bosnian Serb soldier Goran enter a house on the Bosniak side and find an elderly bedbound Muslim woman and a dead woman. A hidden baby lies in a wardrobe, and Goran ruthlessly hacks a finger from an old Bosniak woman to steal a ring.

during ceasefire Bosniak side of town, house
4

Bombardment and losses

Helicopters attack the town, forcing people to take cover. Guy stays exposed in the open and returns to the house, only to discover that both the child and the old woman have been killed by falling rubble.

during aerial bombardment Bosniak town
5

Prisoner exchange and Vera's introduction

Guy and Goran prepare for a prisoner exchange with the Bosnian forces. At the exchange point, Vera, a young Serb prisoner, is revealed to be pregnant from rape. They take Vera in Goran's car and drive toward her village.

prisoner exchange day prisoner exchange point; en route to Vera's village
6

Goran's assault and the birth

Inside the car, Goran berates Vera for her pregnancy and begins to abuse her. He throws Vera out in a tunnel and starts to kick her as she lies on the ground, forcing premature labor. Guy kills Goran and then helps deliver the baby.

during transport to the village in a tunnel on the road
7

The baby's arrival and Vera's rejection

The baby girl is born, and Vera initially rejects the child and even attempts to shoot herself. Guy intervenes to stop her and ensures the newborn’s safety.

immediately after birth in the car/tunnel
8

Rejection at Vera's village and journey toward safety

They reach Vera's village but are shunned by Vera's family due to the shame surrounding the birth. They press on toward a refugee camp and the UN zone in Split, with a Croat elder commenting on how the war has changed people.

after leaving family Vera's village; en route to Split
9

Capture and massacre at the waterfront

Vera is captured with other civilians by the Croatian Defense Council (HVO) and taken to the waterfront, where the HVO beats several to death with a sledgehammer and shoots the rest. Guy hides in a boat, unable to intervene, and is forced to smother the baby to keep her quiet; the child is later resuscitated.

final stages of journey waterfront; boat
10

Escape toward Split with Vera's baby

Guy eventually boards a bus toward Split with the baby, leaving Vera's baby in an unattended Red Cross vehicle and writing the name 'Vera' on a piece of paper before walking toward a pier and tossing his rifle into the water, exhausted and changed.

end of journey toward Split bus to Split; Red Cross vehicle; pier
11

A stranger offers help on the bus

A woman who had been on the bus with him approaches, carrying the girl and offering to help. She asks whether the baby is his, and he confirms that she is, acknowledging the obligation and uncertainty that lies ahead.

final leg to Split on the bus to Split
12

Ending scene: uncertain future in Split

On a Split pier, the woman promises to take them to a hospital, leaving the future of Guy and the baby hanging in the balance. The film closes on a somber note, with Guy's endurance and the baby's fragile fate unresolved.

ending scene Split, Croatia; pier

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