A disillusioned war photographer navigating the brutal ethnic tensions in Macedonia. Her maternal bonds and professional experiences drive her through the collapsing social order, culminating in profound personal loss as the conflict escalates.
A 27-year-old mute virgin living with her sisters. Traumatized by her mother's abandonment and father's death, she is part of the trio striving to escape their toxic hometown.
Senada is a young mother whose daughter, Aida, was removed from Bosnia-Herzegovina during the war and presumed adopted by a Western European family. After the war, Senada illegally enters Germany to search for her. Through a social worker, she learns that Aida is alive and living happily with a German family, a discovery that brings harsh postwar adoption realities and dark secrets into her life.
A Macedonian bartender who moved to the Czech Republic to find her father. She dates Robert but is emotionally humiliated when he secretly records her crying after she fails to get a concert guitar pick. She befriends Petr and ultimately persuades him to attend a blind date that reconnects him with Hanka.
Deyan's Mother lives in Bosnia with Deyan's Father and meets Michael Finn when he travels there with local help. The couple have no photographs left from before the war, complicating efforts to identify their son. The plot establishes her connection to the family search, but gives no further actions or account from her.
Labina Mitevska has 41 screen credits in a career dating back to 1994. Signature works include I am from Titov Veles, Warchild, Before the Rain. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
