The Great Water Movie Review 2004

Aging Macedonian politician Lem Nikodinoski (Jovanovski) is rushed to the hospital after suffering a heart attack and has the time to reflect on his childhood, which was spent in a Stalinist camp intended to indoctrinate the young into proper communists. There, an orphaned 12-year-old Lem (Kekenovski) is taken under the wing of charismatic teen Isak (Stankovska, an actress cast as a boy), which ultimately leads to a wrenching betrayal. Based on the novel by Zivko Cingo; in English and Macedonian with subtitles.

Distribution

Picture This! Home Video, PO Box 46872, Los Angeles, CA 90046, Phone: (310)828-6116, Toll-free: 888-604-8301, Fax: (310)828-9590, URL: http://www.PictureThisHomeVideo.com

Available on DVD
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Flashback, World War II, Concentration/Internment Camps, Adoption & Orphans, Politics, Coming of Age, Eastern Europe, Communists & Communism, Child Abuse, Betrayal

Screenplay

Ivo Trajkov, Vladimir Blazevski

Cast

Nikolina Kujaca, Meto Jovanovski, Saso Kekenovski, Maja Stankovska, Mitko Apostolovski, Verica Nedeska, Risto Gogovski

Cinematography

Suki Medencevic

Director

Ivo Trajkov

Music

Kiril Dzajkovski

Other

Atanas Georgiev, Nenad Vukadinovic, Atanas Georgiev, Kiril Spaseski, Natasa Dimitrievska, Zaklina Krstevska, Kermal Hrustanovic

Producer

Mile Arsovski, Ivo Trajkov, Vladimir Chrenovsky, Robert Jazadziski, Suki Medencevic, Artis 3, World Circle Foundation, Kaval Film