Life Is a Miracle

2004 · Directed by Emir Kusturica · 154 min · drama film, comedy film, war film

★ 7.2/10 · 204 ratings on TMDB

Set during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s, Luka is a mild-mannered railway clerk whose life is turned upside down, not just by the outbreak of the war, but when his wife runs off with a local musician. Then Luka's son is conscripted and eventually captured in the fighting. To recover his son, Luka is commanded to guard a pretty young Muslim nurse who will be used in a hostage swapping operation.