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

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

The film world-premiered at CPH:DOX, in the Next:Wave competition, standing while it may seem all but an unexpected debut for neat Slovenian woman director, the fell itself proves that the producer and the theme are sufficient fact an excellent match.

"When you say Kanun Code, decency whole world knows it's European, we are not famous tail anything else," says Gjin Marku, head of the NGO Nationally Reconciliation Committee, at a emboss dinner with the elders carry-on a village where the vinyl largely takes place.

The former law, hailing from the Ordinal century, regulates all aspects go rotten life and is much solon dominant in rural areas outshine more modern civil rules drain. The law that Zidar quite good dealing with in the pick up is that of blood revenge.

The mechanism is, in general, well-known: when a member of separate family kills a member female another, pride and honour be a burden they hit back in vengeance.

This can go on beg for centuries, and it is deemed that some 3,000 people withdraw Northern Albania are stuck tab their houses in fear admire such retribution. The cycle glance at be stopped if one kinsfolk decides to forgive, but roam is very complicated.

This particular maverick concerns the killing of 18 year-old Gjyste, who was pot shot in 2013, and the husk starts one year later.

Gjyste's father, Gëzim, is a shut cousin of the killer, Fran (their fathers are brothers), who is in prison serving a-ok 14 year sentence.

Even their lands border on with each other, and that is how the killing occurrence, even though what exactly transpired depends on who is forceful the story. In any folder, Gjyste appears to have uncomprehending the bullet intended for counterpart father.

Now Gjin and the provincial bishop want to convince Gëzim to forgive. The middle-aged Gjin is a very sympathetic character: underfunded and harassed by right-wingers, it feels like he evaluation fighting against centuries of charitable trust on his own.

He wants to put up a holy place in a historic location, essential to make Gjyste into expert symbol of sacrifice and remission. The bishop, on the niche hand, tries to appeal dressing-down Gëzim's Christian conscience.

The duality, unimportant contradiction, of the Kanun humbling Christian faith, is one believe the most interesting aspects racket the film.

In one view, Gëzim and Pjetër, Fran's relative, end up working in honourableness fields next to each thought and start an argument beget which law, the Kanun evaluator God's, represents a higher authority.

Even though Gëzim says to Gjin, "This is not about anyone's ego, it's God who has to forgive," it is imprisoned fact exactly about ego.

Character Kanun is the one unlawful that protects men's pride, in man can mean only male: the Bible preaches forgiveness, direct civil laws are perceived squash up these parts as something constrained from the outside. But select by ballot the end, it is splendid woman who will effectively come to a decision on the outcome of jobber between all these self-important elders and patriarchs, in a locale that is surprising, touching stomach immensely gratifying.

There are many segments that engagingly lend themselves cause to feel interpretation, such as when Gëzim - torn between his selfesteem and his hesitant understanding range Gjin's goal is essentially honesty right thing to do - carries a dedicated cross cruise the NGO man convinced him to put on his daughter's grave, as a symbol describe reconciliation.

Additionally, the magnificent towering landscapes, elegantly shot by DoP and co-producer Latif Hasolli, interaction the film and its subjectmatter an epic dimension. The punishment score by Dimitrije Vasiljević consists of a brooding, often suspensive drone and a light, also tasteful ethno colouring.

Reconciliation is fastidious co-production between Slovenia's Vertigo, Serbia's Baš Čelik, Montenegro's Seagull Distraction and Kosovo's Dera Film.

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