Willow (2019)

Original title

Врба

Directed by

Milcho Manchevski

Genre

drama film

Country

North Macedonia

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three women in North Macedonia deal with control over their own bodies, family traditions, and the complexities of adoption. Their personal struggles unfold in a quiet, observational way.

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What happens

Willow (Macedonian: Врба, romanized: Vrba) is a 2019 Macedonian drama film by Milcho Manchevski. It is about three women coping with issues of control over their bodies, tradition and adoption. The film premiered at the Rome Film Festival in 2019. А Macedonian-Belgian-Hungarian-Albanian coproduction, it screened at a number of international film festivals, winning several awards: Silver Palm at Mostra de Valencia, best director at Raindance, best film at Cinequest, Manuel De Oliveira Award at Fantasporto etc. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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