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WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS
(WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS)
Macedonia / Germany / Slovenia / Belgium, 2012
Duration:
 103 min
Director:
 Teona Strugar Mitevska
Cast:
 Victoria Abril, Labina Mitevska, Jean-Marie Galey, Arben Bajraktaraj, Firdaus Nebi, Dimitar Gjorgjievski
Plot:
 Teona Strugar Mitevska’s third film makes use of fairy-tale elements to describe the tragedies of two families. THE WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS begins in France and follows its protagonists deep into the forests of Macedonia.
In Paris, Helena’s son dies tragically. Desperate to compensate for her loss, she tries to make Lucian, a deportee, a part of her life. As his supervisor, she succeeds in abducting the young man. And so Helena, her husband and Lucian travel to Macedonia where the couple have decided to scatter their son’s ashes and discover the county. In Macedonia Lucian’s lover Ajsun is struggling for her independence. She and Lucian have a young son, but Ajsun’s father has now sold his daughter to another man in order to protect her from the shame of having an illegitimate child. Both Ajsun and Helena must try to hold their own in a male-dominated world.
Scenario:
 Teona Strugar Mitevska
Producer: Sébastien Delloye, Diana Elbaum, Danijel Hocevar, Marcel Lenz, Labina Mitevska
Photo: Mátyás Erdély
Editing:
 Nicolas Gaster
Soundtrack:
Format:
 35 mm
Production:
 Entre Chien et Loup, Sister and Brother Mitevski, Vertigo/Emotionfilm, ostlicht filmproduktion
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