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Mothers

2011-02-16 · 123 min · ★ 6.2

Drama · Mystery · Documentary

Two nine-year-old girls report a flasher to the police even though they never saw him. Three filmmakers meet the only residents of a deserted village - an elderly brother and sister who have not spoken to each other in 16 years. Retired cleaning women are found raped and strangled in a small town. The fiction slowly turns into a documentary.

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Directors
Milcho Manchevski
Production companies
Banana Film DOOEL, Ciné-Sud Promotion, Element Films
Countries
Macedonia, France, Bulgaria
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ana StojanovskaAna StojanovskaAna
Vladimir JacevKole
Dimitar GjorgjievskiSimon
Ratka RadmanovićRatka RadmanovićGrandma
Salaetin BilalSalaetin BilalGrandpa
Emilija StojkovskaBea
Milijana BogdanoskaKjara
Dime IlievSergeant Janeski
Marina PankovaMarina PankovaMrs. Matilda (as Marina Pop Pankova)
Goran TrifunovskiZoki
Petar MirčevskiPetar MirčevskiRaspusto

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