Shadows (2007 film)

Shadows Macedonian , Transliteration Senki is a 2007 film from the Republic of Macedonia. The film was directed, produced and written by Milcho Manchevski. It was filmed on location in both Skopje, Ohrid and several other locations in the Republic of Macedonia.

The action begins at Lazars home where he has a fight with his wife about how messed up his life was. Pissed off from the fight, he goes for a drive. When trying to light a cigarette in his car, without having the seatbelt on, his phone rings it is his mother. Then the cigarette falls from his mouth in the desperate attempt to grab his mobile phone on the seat next to him, burning him on the arm. Now he loses control over the car, but meanwhile a woman is crossing the road. Lazars attempt to avoid hitting her is fatal. His car flips, and crashes until he is found hanging off the cars window whose glass had broken in the crash. The slow movement on the car resting off a buildings wall is threatening to crush his dangling head. As all of the people on the streets watch in despair, something moves him away from the car.The film has premiered at several international film festivals, the first being the Toronto International Film Festival. The film was well received with one of the festivals film critics calling it Manchevskis most ambitious film to date. Other critics, such as Patrick McGavin of Screen Daily, called it ambitious and capably mounted Manchevski retains a very fine eye for composition, aided by the sensuous, beautiful work of Italian cinematographer Fabio Cianchetti. The movies standout quality is the sexy, revealing work of the vibrant, highly alluring young actress Vesna Stanojevska, a professional musician making her film debut. She injects the film with an erotic intensity. ........

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