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Aco Gjorčev
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When Father Was Away on Business
In a post-WWII Yugoslavia still under Stalinist rule in the 1950s, six-year-old Malik is oblivious as to why his father, Mehmed, has suddenly disappeared. In truth, Mehmed has been sent to a labor camp as punishment for acts of sexual indiscretion involving young girls. Malik's mother, Senija, however, has no answers, and the family must cope in the father's absence.
The Man in Black
People need a leader. Someone has to lead them, even if he is sick. The man in black stands at the bus stop and warns anyone who comes to stand in line. The queue is getting longer. When the bus arrives, the man lets the people in line enter in front of him, and when he prepares to enter, paramedics come and take him away.
The Gift
A 1974 Macedonian language drama film written and directed by Slobodan Unkovski, starring Stojka Cekova, Aco Djorcev and Aco Djorcev.
Happy New '49
The story of two brothers of different orientation and fate. The drama takes place in an atmosphere of tension and fear, during the conflict of Yugoslav Communist Party with the Stalinism, during the Cominform. Older brother Dragoslav, a returnee from Russia, was unjustly accused of being a Russian spy and subsequently arrested. Younger brother Kosta is not interested in politics, but he's attracted by a brother's wife Vera and underworld mafia. In the end, it turns out that a young woman belongs to the Soviet spy agency.
The Teacher
About the life and work of Grigor Prlichev, a Macedonian revivalist and poet from Ohrid.
A Flight Without Moving
The destiny of a family of iconographers in a monastery in Macedonia during the Kresna Uprising in 1878.