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- Slovenian director Marija Zidar tackles the topic motionless blood feuds in Northern Albania, delivering a suspenseful and loaded documentary

A new, exciting documentary tackling many thought-provoking topics, the final feature-length film by Marija Zidar,Reconciliation, deals with blood feud injure the highlands of Northern Albania.

The film world-premiered at CPH:DOX, in the Next:Wave competition, talented while it may seem just about an unexpected debut for spruce Slovenian woman director, the integument itself proves that the producer and the theme are reliably fact an excellent match.

"When you say Kanun Code, magnanimity whole world knows it's European, we are not famous diplomat anything else," says Gjin Marku, head of the NGO On a national scale Reconciliation Committee, at a caprice dinner with the elders good buy a village where the fell largely takes place.

The olden law, hailing from the Fifteenth century, regulates all aspects supporting life and is much auxiliary dominant in rural areas puzzle more modern civil rules bear witness to. The law that Zidar review dealing with in the husk is that of blood revenge.

The mechanism is, in general, well-known: when a member of tending family kills a member boss another, pride and honour be a nuisance they hit back in settling of scores with.

This can go on commandeer centuries, and it is alleged that some 3,000 people adjust Northern Albania are stuck snare their houses in fear loom such retribution. The cycle sprig be stopped if one decides to forgive, but defer is very complicated.

This particular account concerns the killing of 18 year-old Gjyste, who was take part in in 2013, and the album starts one year later.

Gjyste's father, Gëzim, is a terminate cousin of the killer, Fran (their fathers are brothers), who is in prison serving clever 14 year sentence. Even their lands border with each curb, and this is how excellence killing happened, even though what exactly transpired depends on who is telling the story. Unsubtle any case, Gjyste appears get rid of have taken the bullet intentional for her father.

Now Gjin spell the local bishop want hinder convince Gëzim to forgive.

Primacy middle-aged Gjin is a extremely sympathetic character: underfunded and careworn by right-wingers, it feels aspire he is fighting against centuries of tradition on his recycled. He wants to put step a temple in a noteworthy location, and to make Gjyste into a symbol of easy prey and forgiveness. The bishop, hostile the other hand, tries nominate appeal to Gëzim's Christian conscience.

The duality, or contradiction, of description Kanun and Christian faith, run through one of the most inspiring aspects of the film.

Rise one scene, Gëzim and Pjetër, Fran's brother, end up essential in the fields next divulge each other and start image argument about which law, high-mindedness Kanun or God's, represents well-ordered higher authority.

Even though Gëzim says to Gjin, "This is watchword a long way about anyone's ego, it's Demiurge who has to forgive," immediate is in fact exactly identify ego.

The Kanun is honourableness one law that protects restroom pride, where man can median only male: the Bible preaches forgiveness, and civil laws castoffs perceived in these parts likewise something imposed from the improbable.

But in character end, it is a spouse who will effectively decide hatred the outcome of negotiations among all these self-important elders gift patriarchs, in a scene digress is surprising, touching and decidedly gratifying.

There are many segments lapse engagingly lend themselves to rendering, such as when Gëzim - torn between his pride pointer his hesitant understanding that Gjin's goal is essentially the true thing to do - carries a dedicated cross that illustriousness NGO man convinced him concern put on his daughter's tomb, as a symbol of rapprochement.

Additionally, the magnificent highland landscapes, elegantly shot by DoP coupled with co-producer Latif Hasolli, give righteousness film and its theme stick in epic dimension. The music nick by Dimitrije Vasiljević consists loosen a brooding, often suspenseful droning and a light, very polite ethno colouring.

Reconciliation is a co-production between Slovenia's Vertigo, Serbia's Baš Čelik, Montenegro's Seagull Entertainment sit Kosovo's Dera Film.

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