Savior is a 1998 film starring Dennis Quaid, Stellan Skarsgård, Nastassja Kinski, and Natasa Ninkovic. It is about an American mercenary escorting a Serbian woman and her newborn child to a United Nations safe zone during the Bosnian War. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946), known simply as Oliver Stone, is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director and screenwriter. ... Robert Orr may refer to one of several people: Robert F. Orr, an American judge. ... Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor. ... Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd (help· info) (born June 13, 1951, Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish actor. ... Nastassja Kinski (born Nastassja Aglaia Nakszynski, January 24, 1961) is a prolific German actress, having appeared in more than 60 movies. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Serbo-Croatian or Croato-Serbian (sometimes just Croatian or Serbian) (srpskohrvatski, cрпскохрватски, hrvatskosrpski, hrvatski ili srpski or srpski ili hrvatski), earlier also Serbo-Croat, is a South Slavic language. ... USD redirects here. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor. ... Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd (help· info) (born June 13, 1951, Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish actor. ... Nastassja Kinski (born Nastassja Aglaia Nakszynski, January 24, 1961) is a prolific German actress, having appeared in more than 60 movies. ... For other uses, see Mercenary (disambiguation). ... Not to be confused with Republika Srpska. ... UN and U.N. redirect here. ... Combatants Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Predominantly Bosniak) Army of Republika Srpska, Yugoslav Peoples Army, various paramilitary units from Serbia and Montenegro (Serbian) Croatian Defence Council, Croatian Army (Croatian) Commanders Alija Izetbegović (President of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Sefer Halilović (Army chief of staff 1992-1993) Rasim...

Plot

Dennis Quaid is Guy, a former French Foreign Legionnaire who has become a volunteer for a Bosnian Serb Army. Before joining the French Foreign Legion, he was Joshua Rose, a U.S. Army officer on embassy duty in Paris. His wife (Nastassja Kinski) and son are killed in a bombing by an Islamic terrorist. In a fit of revenge he storms into a mosque and shoots some of the worshippers. In order to avoid arrest, he and his friend Peter (Stellan Skarsgård) join the Foreign Legion. They soon tire of the boredom of peacekeeping and leave the Legion to become mercenaries. Legionnaire redirects here. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

The film moves forward to 1993 Bosnia. Guy has become a drug-addled and cold-blooded sniper for the Serbian VRS, overlooking a bridge separating the Bosnian Serbs and the Bosniaks in a town. He witnesses Peter's death when Peter drops his guard at a checkpoint and a young girl throws a grenade at him. Guy becomes so hardened and unflinching after Peter's death that he kills anyone crossing the bridge from the other side, including children. Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... For other uses, see Sniper (disambiguation). ... Bosnian Serb Army, officially Army of the Republika Srpska (Serbian Војска Републике Српске/Vojska Republike Srpske, ВРС/VRS) is the military of the Bosnian Serb political entity of Republika Srpska. ... Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Language(s) Bosnian Religion(s) Predominantly Islam Related ethnic groups Slavs (South Slavs) The Bosniaks or Bosniacs[1] (Bosnian: BoÅ¡njaci, IPA: ) are a South Slavic people, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia) and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro, with a smaller autochthonous population also present...

After being relieved and paired up with a Bosnian Serb soldier, Goran, the two are tasked with clearing the village following a ceasefire. Guy and Goran begin their task by breaking down a gate and then entering a house from different directions. Guy enters through the bedroom and discovers an aged Bosniak woman, who is confined to bed and shell-shocked. Guy finds a sleeping baby, but does not inform Goran, when his companion rejoins. In a brutal scene, Goran hacks a finger off the old woman to get at the ring. Bosniaks (natively: Bošnjaci) are South Slavs descended from those who converted to Islam during the Ottoman period (15th-19th century). ...

In a surreal moment, walking away from the village, Goran begins asking Guy questions about America, especially regarding Beverly Hills 90210 and Luke Perry. Following this exchange, a helicopter attacks the village. Guy runs back to save the baby, but finds that it has been killed by falling rubble. Beverly Hills 90210 was a popular primetime television soap opera that aired from October 1990 to May 2000 on the Fox Network in the United States and subsequently on various networks around the world. ... Luke Perry (born Coy Luther Perry III on October 11, 1966)[1] is an American actor best known for his role as Dylan Michael McKay in the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210. ...

But Guy is given a second chance at redemption. He and Goran prepare for a prisoner exchange with the Bosnian Army forces. Goran brags that he's repeatedly raped their female captive, the daughter of his father's muslim employer. This statement slightly disturbs Guy, who points out that Bosniaks do the same to Bosnian women. Goran denies this and retorts, "our women are stronger." However among the Serbian prisoners exchanged is a pregnant woman, which Goran and some of the other Serbs recognize with shocked expressions. Crest of Army of The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Bosniaks (natively: Bošnjaci) are South Slavs descended from those who converted to Islam during the Ottoman period (15th-19th century). ...

Goran loads her in the car and they head to her village. En route, Goran admits he knows her family are "good Serbs, great warriors" and his neighbors. Her name is Vera (Natasa Ninkovic) and she was captured months before, then raped by her Bosnian Army captors and now carries a Bosniak child.

Disgusted by what he feels is Vera's lack of courage in preventing the rape or committing suicide after she became pregnant, Goran orders Guy to stop the car in a tunnel and throws her out of the car. He savagely kicks Vera, who is laying helpless on the road and is starting to go into premature labor. Goran attempts to shoot the soon-to-be-born child, but Guy is so unsettled at the whole scene that he kills Goran. Vera, already suffering and on the verge of delivery, is helped by Guy to deliver her baby. When he shows Vera the child, she attempts to kill herself, but Guy prevents this. Guy takes them both to their home.

At Vera's home, she is rejected by her family for being raped while she was in captivity. Guy, sickened by Vera's rejection, leaves with her and the baby. She refuses to feed the baby, and while Guy is driving to find a source of milk, is so ashamed of the baby that she attempts to kill her, but eventually accepts the child as her own. While trying to find goat's milk, Vera's father and brother track the trio down in an attempt to kill the mother and the child but end up injuring Guy. She protects him and her baby girl and speaks with him in English for the first time.

While being forced out of her home by her family, Guy suggests that they go back to her village where they can be safe. However, when they return, Vera's village has been attacked by the ARBiH, and they see her family and other villagers are being rounded up and led away by the Bosnian Army fighters. Guy pledges to Vera and the newborn girl that he will protect them and they plan on returning to a safer place. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Vera knows of a relatively secure enclave and they make their way to a tram line to get there. Guy and the baby girl hide while Vera checks out the tram, but she is captured in a roundup of civilians by Croatian HVO soldiers. While hiding, the baby starts crying, so Vera sings a lullaby to calm the unseen baby. Guy then sees a Croat fighter beat her and some others to death with a sledgehammer, before the rest of the prisoners are shot. While keeping the baby silent and not giving away their position, Guy has accidentally smothered her. He hurriedly resuscitates the baby girl, but the grief of Vera's death and the miracle of the child's resurrection proves too much - he breaks down and cries. The Croatian Defence Council (Croatian Hrvatsko vijeće obrane, HVO) was the main military formation of the Croats during the Bosnian War charged with achieving the military objectives of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia. ...

Guy, with great effort, manages to get the baby to a United Nations safe zone. He abandons Vera's baby in a UN vehicle with a label bearing her name and then disposes of his rifle into the sea, crying and seeking rest from the horrors he has witnessed and committed. A following UN aid worker, who had seen him leaving the child, walks up to him carrying the girl and offers to help them. UN and U.N. redirect here. ...

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Music

The musical arrangements were orchestrated by David Robbins. Choral arrangements were conducted by Gil Robbins and featured the choir of Radio TV Serbia and the Belgrade Symphony Orchestra. The film featured several traditional regional folk songs, such as Zajdi, zajdi, Uspavanka (sang as a lullaby), and Rasti, rasti, moj zeleni bore (all used as the theme and in the credits). David Robbins (born 1957 in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, USA) is an artist best known for his exhibition entitled Talent. ... For other uses, see Lullaby (disambiguation). ...

The Soundtrack is available to purchase at www.davidrobbinsmusic.com.

External links

• Savior at the Internet Movie Database
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