''An Ordinary Man'' is a 2017 American

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written, directed and produced by

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. It stars

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, Hera Hilmar and

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. Filmed in

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in 2015, it was screened at the

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in April 2017 and picked up in February 2018 by

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, who released it

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in June 2018.

Plot

A war criminal is hiding in plain sight in an unnamed Balkan country. He is wanted internationally for ethnic cleansing and war crimes, but his country pretends his whereabouts to be unknown despite international pressures to turn him in. A retinue of loyalists watches over him and ensures his safety as he goes about his life in a city where his face is well known. He begins to form a relationship with his newly hired maid, Tanja, after he expresses loneliness to her. Initially treating her abusively, he gradually forms an awkward friendship with her. She is later revealed to be an agent who is hired to protect him. She reluctantly drives him to the cemetery in his home village. His driver, who had been waiting for them, kills her on the spot, and drives the General back to his apartment in the city. The last scene shows him awaiting his arrest, seated at his kitchen table, with a handgun and bullets laid out in front of him. The character of the General is based on

Ratko Mladić Ratko Mladić ( sr-Cyrl, Ратко Младић, ; born 12 March 1942) is a Bosnian Serb convicted war criminal and colonel-general who led the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) during the Yugoslav Wars. In 2017, he was found guilty of committing ...

, who was ultimately sentenced to life in prison for war crimes committed in the Bosnian war.

Cast

as The General * Hera Hilmar as Tanja *

as Miro * Robert Blythe as Grocer

Reception

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website

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, the film holds an approval rating of 41%, based on 22 reviews, and an average rating of 4.9/10.

References

External links

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