Word: kiril
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...workers, students, doctors and civil servants are striking, marching and bouncing for change. Taxis sporting opposition flags block the roads, along with people clinging together in human chains. "I earn $21 a month," says Nikolai Ivanov, an airport border-control officer, between bounces. "Any other reason is irrelevant." Says Kiril Korchev, a road laborer: "The communists tricked us. But we're going to stop them. The people are no longer afraid...
...ancient hilltop monastery in Macedonia, a young monk named Kiril (Gregoire Colin of Olivier, Olivier) finds a frightened girl (Labina Mitevska) hiding in his cell. She is, we learn, the victim of ethnic hatred, and once her enemies track her down, the peace of this retreat is violently, permanently shattered...
...film's three parts, "Words," "Faces" and "Pictures" each focus on a different character. "Words" features a young monk, Kiril (Gregoire Colin also of "Olivier, Olivier"), who lives in a 12th century monestary in the mountains of Macedonia. When he discovers a mysterious Albanian girl, Zamira (Labina Mitevska), hiding in his room he is forced to choose between his desire to protect her and his oath to God. The villages in the surrounding hills, filled with hostile Macedonians and Albanians, set the scene for graphic violence...
...Faces" takes us to London where Anne (Katrin Cartlidge) a photo editor, is examining pictures of Kiril. At first it is jarring to shift from the vast cliffs of Macedonia to the grey streets of London, but eventually the connection becomes clear. Anne is torn between two men: her estranged husband and Aleksander, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist played with unctuous passion by Rade Serbedzija...
...rain. Just as we get to enjoy the company of this fascinating young monk we are pushed back to the beginning of the film. The viewer will not be immune to the irony of having to spend almost three hours with Forrest Gump and only thirty five minutes with Kiril...