Bal-Can-Can
| Bal-Can-Can | |
|---|---|
 Bulgarian poster | |
| Directed by | Darko Mitrevski |
| Written by | Darko Mitrevski |
| Produced by | Darko Mitrevski Alessandro Verdecchi Gianluca Curti Loris Curci |
| Starring | Vlado Jovanovski Adolfo Margiotta Zvezda Angelovska |
| Cinematography | Suki Medencevic |
| Edited by | Giacobbe Gamberini |
| Music by | Kiril Džajkovski |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Countries | Macedonia Italy |
| Languages | Macedonian Italian Serbian Bulgarian Croatian Bosnian Albanian English Russian |
| Budget | 1,300,000 € |
Bal-Can-Can (Macedonian: Бал-Кан-Кан, transliterated Bal-Kan-Kan) is a 2005 Macedonian-Italian joint production film about a deserter who travels throughout the Balkans as a political immigrant in search of his dead mother-in-law who is wrapped in a carpet.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Vlado Jovanovski | Trendafil Karanfilov[1] |
| Adolfo Margiotta | Santino Genovese[1] |
| Zvezda Angelovska | Ruža Karanfilova |
| Branko Đurić | Šefket Ramadani |
| Seka Sablić | Zumbula |
| Toni Mihajlovski | Džango |
| Miodrag Krivokapić | Veselin Kabadajić |
| Nikola Kojo | Osman Rizvanbegović |
| Branko Ognjanovski | Serafim Karanfilov |
| Vasko Todorov | Vitomir |
Production
The film was a co-production of Macedonia (now North Macedonia), Italy, Serbia and Montenegro and Britain. The executive producer of the film was Loris Curci. The screenplay was written by Darko Mitrevski, who also directed the film. The director of cinemaphotography was Suki Medencević and the film was edited by Giacobbe Gamberini.[1] Auditions for extras were held in July 2003 in Skopje. The filming happened in September and October.[2]
Release
The film was released in 2005.[3]
Reception
Dennis Harvey of Variety, commenting on the film, wrote: "Writer-helmer Darko Mitrevski keeps pushing the envelope... The cynical, hallucinatory, modern Pilgrim's Progress is a trip, with memorably out-there sequences sure to build a cult rep among adventuresome cineastes."[4]
Box office
The film has been the highest-grossing film in North Macedonia, with over 100,000 tickets sold.[5] It was also released in Russia, United Kingdom, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Awards and nominations
| Event | Award | Winner/Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27th Moscow International Film Festival[6] | Special Mention of the Film Critic's Guild of Russia | Darko Mitrevski | Won |
| Golden St. George | Darko Mitrevski | Nominated | |
| Motovun Film Festival | Propeller of Motovun - From A to A Award, Best Film In the South-East European Region | Darko Mitrevski | Won |
References
- ^ a b c "Со иронија за драматичните состојби". Time (Dnevnik) (in Macedonian). 2 October 2003.
- ^ "Аудиции за статисти во филмот "Бал-кан-кан"". Time (Dnevnik) (in Macedonian). 4 July 2003.
- ^ Renate Hansen-Kokorus (2017). "The Image of the Stranger in Post-Yugoslav Films". Contemporary Southeastern Europe (2): 151.
- ^ "Bal-Can-Can". Variety. 3 April 2006.
- ^ ""Honeyland" and the relaunch of Macedonian cinema". Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa. 7 February 2020.
- ^ "27th Moscow International Film Festival (2005)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
External links
- Bal-Can-Can at IMDb