Witness

the long version

"A woman translates the stories of survivors of the war in the former Yugoslavia for a Swedish therapist. As the therapist seemingly grows ever more indifferent, the translator struggles to maintain her professional distance. Simply saying the words is not enough. She finds herself risking her job, her sense of perspective and even her sanity in order to connect with the people she encounters, and with one in particular. As she attempts to tell her own story, she can only do so through the stories she has translated for others." --Book Jacket.