Wednesday 22 May
10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm
Director Goran Stolevski
Drama
Macedonia
Macedonian (English subtitles)
107 minutes
From acclaimed filmmaker Goran Stolevski comes a story exploring the universal truths of family, both the ones we’re born into and ones we find for ourselves. Dita never wanted to be a mother, but circumstances force her to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters, tiny troublemaker Mia and rebellious teen Vanesa.
A battle of wills ensues as the three continue to butt heads and become an unlikely family that has to fight to stay together.
Stolevski creates a wonderful group of flawed but understandable characters and then illustrates just how brave they are as they pull together to negotiate and overcome treacherous encounters. – Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News
By the end, we’ve soaked up something of modern Macedonia and had our own cultural standards put to the rack. – Amy Nicholson, Washington Post