Two soldiers from opposite sites get stuck between the front lines in the same trench. The UN is asked to free them and both sides agree on a ceasefire, but will they stick to it?
A strange and disturbing film, but it is not without a stirringly humanist compassion even at its most outlandish and outrageous.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
9 Jan 2002
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The acting's so strong and the dialogue so realistic, that it feels authentic.
– Jane Sumner,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb 2002
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The film would have been a stunner under any circumstances, but with the situation in Afghanistan and the Middle East worsening on a daily basis, No Man's Land feels even more relevant.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
8 Feb 2002
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It's hard to believe this is writer-director Danis Tanovic's first feature fiction film.