You Don't Know Martin
A subtle play of characters, in which people who live isolated lives in concrete skyscrapers are tempted in particular situations.
Faruk Sokolović
Director
Ilija Popovski
Writer
Casts & Crew
Also Directed by Faruk Sokolović
A tale of victory of humanism over revenge motif. Amir Reko (nicknamed "Macedonian", but actually Bosnian Muslim by ethnicity), the ex-captain of Yugoslav People's Army, saved lives of 44 Serb civilians during the siege of Gorazde in 1992. He went through personal and professional temptation during the war, while plenty of other officers ended up in Hague or other international criminal courts across Europe.
The plot of this film is set in an idyllic village in the middle of Bosnia, connected with outer world only with a tunnel. Story begins in 1996, when refugees in a police escort come close to their, due to war abandoned, homeland and a tunnel - their only connection with the world.
Two married couples of different religions and social status decide to swap their wives so they could all emigrate to New Zealand in an easier way.
“Duran” is a story about the reality of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian society, about the forgotten workers and the peasants, about abandoned generations who get fired in their 50s, about dreams, love and friendship, crimes and punishment.
