So Hot Was the Cannon (2014): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2014, So Hot Was the Cannon is a drama and war film directed by Slobodan Skerlić, running about 119 minutes.

What it’s about. A grenade fired from a nearby hill kills the parents of a ten year old boy during the siege of Sarajevo in 1992. The Boy looses his ability to speak. A lady neighbor adopts and takes care of him. The Boy is thrown out from his destroyed apartment and begins to prowl around the city with a schoolmate. Too early and too soon, he goes through the process of growing up. He learns the meanings of such words as force, death, sex. He learns how to achieve. He learns about the values. He learns what matters the most. The Lady neighbor that takes care of him tries to shelter him and protect him. Unsuccessfully. The Boy rides to fall. Death and suffering become more frequent, and more severe. When the Lady neighbor's teenage son is killed by a sniper as a collateral damage, she then rejects the Boy. The Boy escapes the siege, and shoots from a cannon at the city.Fifteen years later, the Boy - now twenty five - and the Lady neighbor meet again. They are united in pain and suffering.

Who’s in it. So Hot Was the Cannon stars Stanislav Ručnov as Boy, Anita Mančić as Hatidža, Muhamed Dupovac as Amer and Nikola Đuričko as Ahmo, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.7/10, So Hot Was the Cannon has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch So Hot Was the Cannon page.

If you liked it. Fans of So Hot Was the Cannon tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.