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An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker

2013, Movie, 1h 15min

Senada is 31 and she lives in Poljice neighborhood in Lukavac municipality with her partner and two daughters. She is pregnant with her third child for approximately five months. Since she didn’t have health insurance, she does not go to the doctor’s. When she started bleeding, she goes to the hospital. The doctor told Senada that she needs an emergency surgery and she needs to pay 500 EUR. Without a health insurance card and without money, Senada returns home.

"An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker" — drama movie produced in Italy, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and France and released in 2013. It has a good rating on IMDb: 6.8 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 15min. "An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker" is not currently available to stream in India. Save it and we'll notify you when it's available! Make sure to turn on push notifications as well.

Country: Italy,Slovenia,Bosnia and Herzegovina,France

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Reviews

Critic David Parkinson

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...[an] unflinching indictment of the neglect of Bosnia-Herzogovina’s poor...

Read full review at Empire

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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...it's a grim film in many ways, but strangely and unexpectedly affecting.

Read full review at The Guardian

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In the rural outskirts of Sarajevo, a Roma family struggles to survive. Nazif, the father, scavenges for scrap metal to sell, while his wife Senada takes care of their two young daughters. One day, Senada's stomach pain turns out to be a life-threatening condition, requiring immediate surgery. But without health insurance or money, the family is faced with an impossible decision: can they raise the funds before it's too late? A heart-wrenching drama based on a true story, featuring non-professional actors re-enacting their own lives.

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