Bal-Can-Can

Bal-Can-Can

Italian poster
Directed by Darko Mitrevski
Produced by Darko Mitrevski
Alessandro Verdecchi
Gianluca Curti
Loris Curci
Robert Naskov
Written by Darko Mitrevski
Starring Vlado Jovanovski
Adolfo Margiotta
Zvezda Angelovska
Music by Kiril Džajkovski
Cinematography Suki Medencevic
Edited by Giacobbe Gamberini
Release dates
  • 2 February 2005
Running time
89 minutes
Country Macedonia
Italy
Language 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
Adolfo Margiotta Santino Genovese
Zvezda Angelovska Ruža Karanfilova
Branko Đurić Šefket Ramadani
Seka Sablić Zumbula
Toni Mihajlovski Džango
Miodrag Krivokapić Veselin Kabadajić
Nikola Kojo Osman Rizvanbegović

Release

Reception

The film was mostly praised by critics with some reviewers, such as Dennis Harvey of Variety Magazine, commenting on the film; "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."

Box office

The film was the highest-grossing film to date in the Republic of Macedonia. 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[1] 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

See also

List of Macedonian films

References

External links