Mothers
- director: Milcho Manchevski
- actor: Ana Stojanovska Dimitar Gjorgjievski Ratka Radmanovic Salaetin Bilal Vladimir Jacev
- writer: Milcho Manchevski
Synopsis:
A child’s friend is accosted by a flasher so she decides to go to the police herself; a film crew sets out to find the old traditions and discovers a grandmother living alone in an abandoned village; retired cleaning women are found raped and strangled in a small town. The innovative structure of “Mothers” highlights the delicate nature of truth and fiction, of drama and documentary. [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]
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