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Bal-Can-Can (Macedonian: Бал-Кан-Кан, transliterated Bal-Kan-Kan) is a 2005 Macedonian-Italian joint production film about a deserter who travels throughout the Balkans as a political immigrant in search of his dead mother-in-law who is wrapped in a carpet.
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 Bulgarian poster | |
| Directed by | Darko Mitrevski |
| Written by | Darko Mitrevski |
| Produced by | Darko Mitrevski Alessandro Verdecchi Gianluca Curti Loris Curci |
| Starring | Vlado Jovanovski Adolfo Margiotta Zvezda Angelovska |
| Cinematography | Suki Medencevic |
| Edited by | Giacobbe Gamberini |
| Music by | Kiril Džajkovski |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Countries | Macedonia Italy |
| Languages | Macedonian Italian Serbian Bulgarian Croatian Bosnian Albanian English Russian |
| Budget | 1,300,000 € |
Cast edit
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Vlado Jovanovski | Trendafil Karanfilov |
| Adolfo Margiotta | Santino Genovese |
| Zvezda Angelovska | Ruža Karanfilova |
| Branko Đurić | Šefket Ramadani |
| Seka Sablić | Zumbula |
| Toni Mihajlovski | Džango |
| Miodrag Krivokapić | Veselin Kabadajić |
| Nikola Kojo | Osman Rizvanbegović |
| Branko Ognjanovski | Serafim Karanfilov |
| Vasko Todorov | Vitomir |
Release edit
Reception edit
The film was mostly praised by critics with some reviewers, such as Dennis Harvey of Variety, commenting on the film; "Writer-helmer Darko Mitrevski keeps pushing the envelope... The cynical, hallucinatory, modern Pilgrim's Progress is a trip, with memorably out-there sequences sure to build a cult rep among adventuresome cineastes."
Box office edit
The film was the highest-grossing film to date in the Republic of Macedonia. It was also released in Russia, United Kingdom, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Awards and nominations edit
| Event | Award | Winner/Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27th Moscow International Film Festival[1] | Special Mention of the Film Critic's Guild of Russia | Darko Mitrevski | Won |
| Golden St. George | Darko Mitrevski | Nominated | |
| Motovun Film Festival | Propeller of Motovun - From A to A Award, Best Film In the South-East European Region | Darko Mitrevski | Won |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "27th Moscow International Film Festival (2005)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
