Original title: Najsrekjniot chovek na svetot
Genre: Drama
Director: Teona Strugar Mitevska
Country: North Macedonia, Denmark, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Year of production: 2023
Czas: 100 min
Awards and nominations:
2023 Palm Springs International Film Festival: Bridging the Borders Award - Special Mention
2022 Haifa International Film Festival: nominated for Best International Film
2022 Les Arcs European Film Festival: Grand Prize of the Jury, Young Jury Prize
2022 North Macedonian submission for the Academy Award
This story is based on true events and takes place in Sarajevo where a modern woman uses modern society’s invention, i.e., a dating event. The event is organised with great enthusiasm. The place resembles a totalitarian world. To follow the rules, participants have to wear an apron. Elegant 40-year-old Asja obediently wears one, too. She meets a 43-year-old banker Zoran whom she chose earlier online. Zoran evidently doesn’t look for love. The beginning of their meeting is a clash: of who they are, who they would like to be, what they want to foster, and what they want to forget. A brilliant dramaturgic idea and dialogues keep in suspense. Viewers have the impression that they’re watching a battle for participation in the life of modern society. The tension between Asja and Zoran increases quickly up to the moment when it turns out that they are bound together by a horrific past which goes back to the war. This makes the woman furious. Her anger intensifies Zoran’s passiveness. He doesn’t look for love but for forgiveness. The man’s need puts Asja to the test she tries to pass. Will she become the happiest man in the world? The film was a North Macedonian submission for the Academy Award.
Author: Julian Potrzebny
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Teona Strugar Mitevska – a Macedonian director and screenwriter. A brilliant auteur of contemporary Balkan cinema. She’s the author of the widely recognised “God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya” (2019). In her films she confronts her characters with the contemporary history and social changes of the Balkans. She’s a laureate of many awards, like the Golden Bear for the best film in Berlin, FIPRESCI Prize in Palm Springs, and at festivals in Alexandria, Sofia, and Sarajevo among others.
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