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The Great Water
Directed by
Ivo Trajkov
2004
1h 33m
Drama
,
War
7.0
71%
75%
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Based on a children's book written by Zivko Cingo in the 1970s, the movie is about the difficult transition in Macedonia after World War II.
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Cast of The Great Water
Sašo Kekenovski
Lem Nikodinoski kako dete
Maja Stankovska
Isak Keyten
Mitko Apostolovski
Ariton
Verica Nedeska
Olivera Srezoska
Risto Gogovski
The Bellman
Nikolina Kujača
Ženata na Ariton
Meto Jovanovski
Stariot Lem Nikodinovski / Narrator (voice)
Aleksandar Ribak
Metodija Griškoski
Vladimir Svetiev
Nastavnikot na geografija
Petar Mirčevski
Nastavnikot na fizičko
Goce Deskoski
Klimoski
Marina Cakalova
Lenče
Zoran Popovski
Nikolče
Oliver Trifunov
Spasko
Goran Ilikj
Doktor
Kiril Gravčev
Medicinskiot brat
Boris Damovski
Prvi telohranitel
Krume Matov
Vtori telohranitel
Srđan Janićijević
Policajac
Kalina Naumovska
Policajka
Suzan Akbelge
1st Nurse
Suzana Al-Salkini
2nd Nurse
Dime Iliev
Hospital Manager
Dragan Dovlev
Soldier
Emil Ruben
Doktor
Petre Arsovski
Military Doctor
Ana Kostovska
Chief Nurse
Aleksandar Mikikj
Prvi vojnik
Levent Umer-Levi
Vtori vojnik
Kamka Tocinovski
Corporal (The Angry Girl)
Vasil Simonov
Corporal Announcer
Trajče Crvenov
Corporal (The Fat One)
Ivan Vučkovski
Corporal (The Glassy One)
Merlinda Saiti
Corporal (the red hair girl)
Biljana Kukulovska
Corporal (the black hair girl)
Trajče Georgiev
1st Councelor
Igor Angelov
2nd Counselor
Aleksandra Peševska
3rd Councelor
Elena Moseva
1st Teacher
Ratka Radmanović
2nd Teacher
Lazar Manaskov
Soldier
Jordan Vitanov
Vojnikot na Crveniot krst
Srebre Gjakovski
Peasant (with the cart)
Jordanka Todorova
1st Cook
Duška Stojanovska
2nd Cook Lady
Mykola Geyko
Ruskiot heroj
Maja Veljkovikj - Panovska
Hero's Suite
Petar Gorko
Hero's Suite
Ljupčo Bresliski
1st Investigator
Vladimir Endrovski
2nd Investigator
Vladimir Jacev
Investigator's Chief
Branko Beninov
Investigator's Secretary
Georgi Dampe Biserkov
Military Officer (at the investigation)
Vlado Jovanovski
2nd Comrade
Angelina Trenčevska
Policewoman at the desk
Katarina Ilievska Siljanovska
Nurse on desk
Rade Šerbedžija
Narrator in English version (voice)
Ivo Trajkov
Director / Writer / Producer
Zhivko Chingo
Writer
Vladimir Blaževski
Writer
Mile Arsovski
Producer
Vladimír Chrenovský
Producer
Robert Jazadziski
Producer
Suki Medencevic
Producer
The Great Water Ratings & Reviews
Variety
Robert Koehler
Pic's balance of emotional truth in the hands of a talented cast and charged by Medencevic's lensing and Kiril Dzajkovski's powerfully moody score, reps a bold step forward for Balkan cinema.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
It is an impressionistic, sometimes fascinating, sometimes frustrating, window into a culture and country that was long walled off from the West.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Laura Kelly
The cinematic version should have focused on the strength of the orphans' tales, without wasting time with story framing.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
All of it, Chingo and Trajkov suggest, goes into shaping a Macedonian national identity uneasily poised between religious longing and ideological resolve.
Los Angeles Daily News
Bob Strauss
The Great Water's greatest value is its depiction of a society that was as savagely committed to a false idea as its neighbor nations, but that somehow moved back toward reality -- and humanity -- before the Iron Curtain fell.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
You leave this film intrigued by its aspiration and not likely to forget the world it's introduced you to.
L.A. Weekly
Ella Taylor
Portentous melodrama.
Cinema Signals
Jules Brenner
The atmosphere of doom and dark destiny is superbly rendered by cinematographer Suki Medencevic whose imagery can only be described as brilliant.
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Trajkov's conceit of periodically positioning the elderly Lem as a witness to his misbegotten youth, however, is a distraction, simply because it belongs entirely to Bergman.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
The Great Water is ultimately about the indomitability of faith, and the Christian symbolism is laid on thick.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Nicely acted and stylishly photographed.
E! Online
Excellent performances by the boys keep you captivated, but by seeing only the beginning and the end of Kekenovski's life, you feel like you're missing a rather interesting middle.
New York Times
Dana Stevens
... difficult to watch, and just as difficult to forget.
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
This unusual Macedonian release is engrossing if not always nimbly directed.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
A drama revolving around Christian faith and rebellion in an authoritarian Macedonian orphanage after World War II.
Village Voice
Leslie Camhi
Despite the choppy script and cartoonishly bad villains, what emerges is a compelling tale of the moral compromises a corrupt system demands of even its most unwilling participants.
Film Threat
Phil Hall
Handsomely produced, but grim and frequently depressing.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Donald J. Levit
Unvarnished, such a true tale packs an emotional wallop. Unfortunately, the way it is done raises unanswered questions.
Boxoffice Magazine
Wade Major
Despite its shortcomings, the film excels in two key respects -- performance and production value.
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