The screenplay was inspired by the real-life story of Bosniak couple Zahida and Muharem Fazlić from a village near Prijedor in western Bosnia whose adopted son Emir was executed in the Korićani Cliffs massacre of 1992 . It took them 12 years to find their son 's biological mother who kept refusing to give her blood for the DNA identification of Emir 's remains . They found that Emir 's biological mother was residing in Zagreb , Croatia . Emir 's biological sister resides in Vitez , Bosnia , and , unlike their mother , was completely willing to give her blood for the DNA test , should Emir 's bones be found
Korićani Cliffs massacre
Korićani Cliffs massacre
Halima's Path