An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker

Nazif can hardly feed his family by selling metal scrap and old car parts on the outskirts of Sarajevo. When his pregnant wife Senada learns that her unborn child is dead, they must act quickly; but without health insurance, nobody wants to carry out the vital operation. A race against time begins. The amateur actors in An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker play an episode from their own lives, which director Danis Tanović condenses into a winter novella.