28 Sep 2022
Island of Freedom
A man from communist Czechoslovakia unexpectedly meets his childhood love on a flight to Cuba. When they stop over in Canada, he has a plan… but can he trust her?
Frosina
The first Macedonian Movie
The first Macedonian Movie from 1952- Frosina is one of the many Macedonian wives whose husbands are economic emigrants abroad. Marriage does not bring them a family, only the burden of life itself. After her husband's short visits, she gives birth to children who do not live long because of the poverty into which they have been born. She gives birth to them alone, and she buries them alone. Only her last child, Klime, survives all his various illnesses and grows up to be her one joy in life. The war breaks out...
Top Billed Cast
Meri Boškova Frosina
Aco Jovanovski Klime
Ljuba Arsova Ljuba
Ilija Džuvalekovski Krste
Petar Prličko Kuzman
Nadja Regin Kiro Vinokić Leen
Stojka Cekova Metijanka
Boris Beginov Eftim
Lidija Debarlieva Veta
Kiro Kjortošev Karavil
Petar Veljanovski Jane
Tomo Vidov Krste
Perica Cvetkovski Maliot Klime
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