In this documentary, set in Bosnia during the war, Pawlikowski steers clear of the usual cliches of war reporting. He takes on a more anthropological perspective relying not on commentary but on the power of images: a mass baptism before the final battle, the bizarre antics of the remaining members of the Karadjordje dynasty and the tribal chants of Serbian peasant/soldiers at the front line. The result is more universal enquiry into the nature of the nation state and the ethnocentric view of the world.

以二战期间纳粹占领的前南斯拉夫克罗地亚乌斯塔沙政权“NDH”为背景，讲述的是一个名叫达拉的小女孩，她在巴尔干大屠杀期间被送到臭名昭著的灭绝营地Jasenovac，也被称为“巴尔干奥斯威辛集中营”，直到南斯拉夫游击队解放