Set in the Republic of Macedonia in 2001, when long-standing hostilities between ethnic Macedonians and Macedonian Albanians threatened to erupt into civil war, Teona Strugar Mitevska's tense drama revolves around a brother and sister caught in the middle. After living in the United States for three years, 25-year-old Viola Trebjelski (Labina Mitevska) returns to her family's home in the Macedonian capital of Skopje. Her grandfather (Risto Stefanovski), a revolutionary legend, no longer recognizes her, and her older brother, Teo (Toni Mihajlovski), faces subtle harassment for working as a U.N. official's driver, because the U.N. represents foreign interests who are m...
Released:
2003
Rated:
NR
Length:
82 mins