In a fractured landscape where communism and capitalism have both failed, virginal 27-year-old Afrodita lives in a modest home with her twin sister Sapho and their older sibling Slavica. Afrodita has remained mute ever since her mother walked out on the family and her father died, Sapho is a promiscuous handball player whose many conquests fail to provide personal fulfillment. Slavica is a 35-year-old recovering drug addict whose radiant beauty can’t make up for the fact that she is perceived by many as damaged goods. If only Afrodita and Sapho could find their lonely sibling a suitable mate who could also stand as the family breadwinner, perhaps they could take the tentative first steps toward escaping their noxious hometown. With painful honesty, writer/director Teona Mitevska follows the sisters as they struggle with themselves, their dissolving family and difficult relationships. This sensitive film portrays the intense relations between three sisters trying to survive in unbearable circumstances. The three sisters fight against the norms but also long to be part of them.
Sarajevo International Film Festival 2007 Special Jury Prize
Dir. Teona Mitevska - 2007 - Macedonia/Slovenia/France/Belguim - 102 mins - Cert 15 - Insomnia World Sales
