A successful young doctor with a beautiful wife, a happy child, and a comfortable house finds his life suddenly changed in ways he never thought possible after being injured in a serious car accident. To the outside eye Lazar Perkov has everything -- indeed his friends and colleagues have even gone so far as to christen him with the nickname "Lucky." But appearances can sometimes be...
Direction
Manchevski turns Macedonia into a waking nightmare.
Acting
Načev's unraveling doctor is devastatingly committed.
Cinematography
Shadows that literally crawl and consume.
Director
Milcho Manchevski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Manchevski returned to Macedonia after Hollywood success to make this deeply personal film about national identity and collective guilt.
The hospital corridor sequence was shot in a single 8-minute take that required 17 attempts over three days.
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