The Great Water

The Great Water

Infobox Film | name =The Great Water


caption =The Great Water poster
director = Ivo Trajkov
producer =
writer = Zivko Cingo, Ivo Trajkov
starring =Saso Kekenovski
Maja Stankovska
music = Kiril Dzajkovski
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =
released = 2004
runtime = 93 min
language = Macedonian / English
budget =
imdb_id = 0365285

"The Great Water" ( _mk. Γолемата Вода, Latinic: Golemata Voda) is a 2004 Macedonian film starring Saso Kekenovski, Maja Stankovska, Mitko Apostolovski, Meto Jovanovski and Verica Nedeska. It was directed and written by Ivo Trajkov. The music was created by Kiril Dzajkovski.

ynopsis

Based on a children's book written by Zivko Cingo in the 1970s, the movie is about the difficult transition in Macedonia after World War II.The film begins in the present as old Lem (Meto Jovanovski), Macedonian politician who is experiencing a heart attack and while he is being wheeled into a hospital and examined and wired, he has memory flashbacks to his childhood in 1945. He is brought to the 'orphanage' where orphans are children of the enemies of the new regime. There he learns how to adjust to the role of obedient brainwashing. He becomes mesmerized by a new kid, Isak, a beautiful and charismatic boy. The struggles quietly underplaying all of the camp surface activity are many: the dichotomy of a Communist ideology removing the Church from existence with a people dependent upon the spiritual values of religion, the Stalin/Tito issue, the adjustments to the policies of Communist regime in a country where fierce national pride had ruled, and the depersonalization of children into political pawns despite the need for role models and the luxury of growing up with friends and confidants.

Awards

The film won the Grand Prize at Valencia Film Festival. It was also Republic of Macedonia's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it failed to make to the nominees shorlist. [ [http://www.comingofagemovies.com/titles/greatwater/index.html The Great Water at PictureThis.] ]

Reception

The film received favourable reviews from critics, earning a 71% "Fresh" rating based on 21 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes with an 88% "Cream of the Crop" designation based on 8 reviews. [ [http://au.rottentomatoes.com/m/great_water/ The Great Water (2005)] "Rotten Tomatoes"] The film also received a generally favourable metascore of 62 based on 15 reviews on Metacritic. [ [http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/greatwater?q=Great%20Water Great Water, The] "Metacritic"]

References

External links and references

* [http://www.greatwatermovie.com/index.html Official site]
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