Teona Strugar Mitevska : 2012
Beginning in France and following its characters deep into the forests of Macedonia, a tale of the tragedies of two families. In Paris, Helena's son dies tragically. Desperate to compensate for her loss, she tries to make Lucian, a deportee, a part of her life. As his supervisor, she succeeds in abducting the young man. Helena, her husband and Lucian then travel to Macedonia where the couple have decided to scatter their son's ashes and also discover the country. In Macedonia Lucian's lover, Ajsun, is struggling for her independence. She and Lucian have a young son, but Ajsun's father has now sold his daughter to another man in order to protect her from the shame of having an illegitimate child. Both Ajsun and Helena aspire to be free and must try to hold their own in a male-dominated world. Teona Strugar Mitevska's third feature tells a story about the various types of imprisonment we create for ourselves or are forced into by others. Her film premiered at Berlin International Film Festival 2012.
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