Awarded with the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, this film is a trilogy an all three stories focus on tragic and fated love affairs. The stories take place on the brink of a civil war in the Macedonian mountains between the Macedonians and the Albanians. This is director Milcho Manchevski's feature film debut.

// Links

• Rogerebert.com film review by Roger Ebert
• Reelviews website: film review by James Barardinelli
• SFGate.com website: San Fransisco Chronicle film review by Edward Guthmann
• The Tech website: film review by Teresa Esser
• Rotten Tomatoes website: user reviews
• Macedonian director Milčo Mančevski interviewed (Necati Sönmez)