The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Republic of Macedonia, during war in Bosnia, Christians hunt an ethnic Albanian girl who may have murdered one of their own. A young monk who’s taken a vow of silence offers her protection. In London, a photographic editor who’s pregnant needs to talk it out with her estranged husband and chooses a toney restaurant. She wants permanence with her lover, a prize-winning Macedonian photographer just back from Bosnia, changed by the violence. He leaves abruptly for his village; he’s not visited it in 16 years. There he tries to ignore bitter divisions between his Orthodox brethren and local Albanians, then tries to transcend them.
Release Date: 24 February 1995Runtime: 113 min
Stars:
- Grégoire Colin
- Igor Madzirov
- Ilko Stefanovski
- Jay Villiers
- Josif Josifovski
- Katerina Kocevska
- Katrin Cartlidge
- Kiril Ristoski
- Labina Mitevska
- Ljupco Bresliski
- Petar Mircevski
- Phyllida Law
- Rade Serbedzija
- Silvija Stojanovska
- Suzana Kirandziska
Director: Milcho Manchevski
