WHEN THE DAY HAD NO NAME

Drama

Directed by: Teona Strugar Mitevska

Duration: 1 h 33 min

Format: Digitalno

Code: 431319

EAN: 3838898431319

Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska uses a true story about a tragic excursion of four teenagers as a template for examining a country unable to shake off its past when gazing into the future. »The film isn’t an investigation into the perpetrators of the murder. With this film, I wanted to put the spotlight on the problem of violence in the Balkan society. We are a violent culture living in a violent world, and unless we learn how to tolerate, respect and honour others, there will be no future for us in the Balkans« (Teona Strugar Mitevska, director).

SYNOPSIS

Milan and his best friend Petar plan an adventurous excursion with some other teenagers from the outskirts of Skopje. They are adrenalised for a boys’ night out of drinking and horseplay before an early morning fishing expedition. They are typical teenagers; sometimes devilish and sometimes angelic, hungry to be adults, yet still mostly acting like children. They all have dysfunctional relationships with their parents, and represent a whole generation of youth raised in a time of transition and questionable values. Their night of fun is tainted by ethnic tensions and an ill-fated visit to a teenage prostitute.

ABOUT THE FILM

Starring Leon Ristov (Milan), Hanis Bagashov (Petar), Stefan Kitanovic (Ace), Dragan Misevski (Vladan), Ivan Vrtev Soptrajanov (Rape), Igorco Postolov (Cvetan), Perunika Kiselicki (Miljana), Ines Hodic (Renata), Erina Poplavska (Maja), Labina Mitevska (Milan's stepmother), Ratka Radmanović (Petar's grandmother) and Nikolina Kujača (Petar's mother). The director and screenwriter is Teona Strugar Mitevska, who wrote the screenplay with Elma Tataragić, the director of photography is Agnès Godard, the author of the music is Jean Paul Dessy, the editors are Stefan Stanbenow and Sophie Vercruysse, the costume designer is Monika Lorber, the make-up artist is Mojca Gorogranc and the producer Danijel Hočevar from Vertigo.