Before the Rain
The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during the 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.
Willow
Three Macedonian women have to contend with control over their bodies, tradition, loyalty, pregnancy and adoption. They have not set out to change the world or society, but their struggle to become mothers makes them unlikely heroines. The three bittersweet stories, one medieval, two contemporary, mirror and contrast one another, exploring themes of love, trust and motherhood.
Housekeeping for Beginners
Dita, who, despite never aspiring to be a mother, finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters—Mia, a tiny troublemaker, and Vanesa, a rebellious teenager. As their individual wills clash, a heartwarming story unfolds about an unlikely family's struggle to stay together.
Three Days in September
Story about a vengeance, about the secrets we carry and the roles we play.
Goodbye, 20th Century
In the year 2019, after global destruction and descent into savagery, the immortal Kuzman tried to discover his destiny in order to learn how to die. As he enters the whirling circles of time, we discover the blasphemy of our century, and how it is to close its circle.
Sisterhood
The friendship of two adolescent girls is threatened the moment they have to face the dire repercussions of their manipulative behaviour.
You Won't Be Alone
In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young feral witch accidentally kills a peasant. She assumes the peasant's shape to see what life is like in her skin, igniting a deep seated curiosity to experience life inside the bodies of others.
Dust
Two parallel tales of redemption, a century apart. In the New York storyline, Edge hunts for Angela's gold to pay back a debt, and gradually grows closer to her. In the Macedonian story, the brothers end up fighting for opposite sides of a revolution, with the religious Elijah taking up sides with the Ottoman sultan and gunslinger Luke joining "the Teacher" , a Macedonian rebel.
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Milcho Manchevski
Director
Rade Serbedzija
as
Aleksander
Katrin Cartlidge
as
Anne
Grégoire Colin
as
Kiril
Sara Klimoska
as
Donka
Anamaria Marinca
as
Dita
Irena Ristic
as
Nela
Salaetin Bilal
as
The Grocer
Petre Arsovski
as
The Man with the Helmet
Dejan Acimovic
as
The Priest
Noomi Rapace
as
Bosilka
Félix Maritaud
as
Yovan
Vera Farmiga
as
Amy
Rosemary Murphy
as
Angela
Meg Gibson
as
Bone
Joseph Fiennes
as
Elijah
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