A coming-of-age tale set in a remote North Macedonian village, the film centres on the protagonist Ahmet who seeks comfort in music as he tries to mollify his angry father and protect his younger brother. The film won numerous international awards, notably at the Sundance Film Festival.
“Modernity frequently seeps into tradition in Unkovski’s tender feature debut, which smartly dissects the rigidity of this ultra-religious, heavily gendered society without ever cruelly scrutinising the people whose lives have been hermetically sealed by convention.” Rafa Sales Ross – Sight and Sound
