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The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during war in Bosnia, Christians hunt an ethnic Albanian girl who ma...(read more...) y 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. She wants permanence with her lover, a prize-winning Macedonian photographer just back from Bosnia, changed by the violence. He leaves abruptly for his village; he's not visited it in 16 years. There he tries to ignore bitter divisions between his Orthodox brethren and local Albanians, then tries to transcend them.

Director: Milcho Manchevski

MPAA: Unrated

Running Time: 113 min.

Release Date: Sep 01, 1994

Cast: Gregoire Colin, Jay Villiers, Josif Josifovski, Katrin Cartlidge, Kiril Ristoski, Labina Mitevska, Phyllida Law, Rade Serbedzija, Silvija Stojanovska