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THE WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS
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Completed - Drama - 100 minutes

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2011 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2012 (Premiere)
  • Cannes 2014 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2012

Director(s) : Teona STRUGAR MITEVSKA
Writer(s) : Teona STRUGAR MITEVSKA
Cast : Labina MITEVSKA, Victoria ABRIL

Producer(s) : Labina MITEVSKA (Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production )

Synopsis

In Paris, Helena witnesses her son's suicide. Noah confesses the horrible truth of his father's abuse, but Helena refuses to believe him. Her son falls over the balcony railing into the night. From this moment on, Helena's world is turns upside down as her struggle for survival transforms into a hunt for revenge. Ajsun is a dreamer who lives with her father and son Ilkin. In the high mountains of Macedonia, their existence is simple and harsh.Life has a different pace and purpose there, the daily survival is what drives them all. Ajsun dreams of reuniting with Lucien, the father of her son. This is a story of two very different mothers: one that needs to punish in order to get by and the other that is forced to accept daily punishment in order to exist. This is a story of inner rage and of suffering a silent violence and of one woman's need to externalize it in order to justify her own existence. The other woman has to fight against traditions, patriarchy, religious and ethnic barriers just to be with the man she loves and to reunite her family. These two women from different parts of the world will end up affecting each other's lives in the most unexpected ways. "The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears" tells a story about the various imprisonment we create for ourselves or are forced into. Helena's path is precisely traced, a path she is unable to change. Ajsun wants to live. Both aspire to be free. This is a story of two destinies coming into one, of two women coming into one, and of two worlds becoming one.

Production

Country(ies) : NORTH MACEDONIA

Financing plan : Sisters and Brother Mitevski
Production
Franklin Ruzvelt br.4-38
1000 Skopje, Macedonia
labina@sistersandbrothermitevski.com
Ostlicht Filmproduktion
Keller, Lenz, Schwab GbR
Ackerwand 23
99423 Weimar
ostlicht.de
Vertigo Film
Kersnikova 4
SI - 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
info@emotionfilm.si
www.emotionfilm.si
Entre Chien et Loup
28, rue de l’Amblève
1160 Brussels, Belgum
info(at)entrechienetloup.be
Sales Agent
Urban Distribution International
Paris-New York
14 rue du 18 Août 93100
Montreuil-sous-Bois- France
contact@urbandistrib.com
www.urbandistrib.com


Start of shooting : April 2011


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