Two parallel tales of redemption, a century apart. In the New York storyline, Edge hunts for Angela's gold to pay back a debt, and gradually grows closer to her. In the Macedonian story, the brothers end up fighting for opposite sides of a revolution, with the religious Elijah taking up sides with the Ottoman sultan and gunslinger Luke joining "the Teacher" , a Macedonian rebel.
Cinematography
Macedonian landscapes that look carved from fever dreams.
Direction
Manchevski's merciless cross-cutting between centuries.
Costume
Ottoman uniforms versus blood-soaked peasant rags.
Director
Milcho Manchevski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Manchevski filmed in his native Macedonia during the 2001 insurgency; real tensions bleed into the Ottoman-rebel conflict.
The New York apartment scenes were shot in a former Yugoslav diplomat's residence in Manhattan, untouched since the 1970s.
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