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Drama, 2019, North Macedonia, Director: Milcho Manchevski, Producers: Jane Kortoshev and Milcho Manchevski, Language: Macedonian with English subtitles, 102 min.
Three women cope with issues of control over their bodies, tradition and adoption. They have not set out to change the world, but their struggle to become mothers makes them unlikely heroines. Three stories set in Macedonia – one medieval, two contemporary – exploring themes of love, trust and motherhood.

About the Film

Director Milcho Manchevski, Golden Lion-winner and Foreign Language Film Academy Award® nominee (“Before the Rain”) returns to his Macedonian roots with a profound portrait of longed-for motherhood.

The film premiered at the Rome Film Festival and won Best Narrative Feature Film Drama at Cinequest and Best Director at Raindance UK.

“Subtle, Profound, Evocative Beautifully played drama.” – Variety
“Poignant and profound. Appealing storytelling. Extraordinarily affecting.” – Screendaily
“The complexity of this apparently simple film is how one story flows into the next, illuminating it in unexpected ways. Dazzling…sensual.” – The Hollywood Reporter

A Conversation with the director Milcho Manchevski and Nicholas Bell, Chief Film Critic at IONCINEMA.COM follows the film.