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Great Water (The)

Country: Macedonia, Language: Macedonian, 93 mins

Original Title

Golemata Voda
  • Director: Ivo Trajkov
  • Writer: Zhivko Chingo; Ivo Trajkov
  • Producer: Mile Arsovski; Vladimir Chrenovski

CGiii Comment

A major disappointment.

It should have been something special...but, it is a confused, almost beautiful, mess.

There is no faulting the performances, it's the adaptation that is at fault...or, maybe, it's all been lost in translation - the translated book was a joy and it was written primarily for children...all the charm...gone.

The production values are excellent...but, all the revelations are so understated that they go by without any impact whatsoever.

A bloody shame.


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The(ir) Blurb...

An ailing communist reflects on his childhood in Stalinist Yugoslavia.

Cast & Characters

Saso Kekenovski as Lem;
Maja Stankovska as Isak Keyten;
Mitko Apostolovski as Warden;
Verica Nedeska as Komrade Olivera;
Risto Gogovski as Bellman;
Nikolina Kujaca as Verna;
Meto Jovanovski as Old Lem;
Aleksandar Ribak as Metodija Griskoski;
Vladimir Svetiev as Sekule, geography teacher;
Petar Mircevski as Dervutoski, gym teacher;
Goce Deskoski as Klimoski;
Marina Cakalova as Lence;
Zoran Popovski as Nikolce;
Oliver Trifunov as Spasko;
Rade Serbedzija as Old Lem