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- The pompous Oscar submission from that country - a certain novelty. Although the premise and some of the details are amusing, the loutish gather members aren’t very appealing characters, which guarantees no audience for this pellicle beyond the festival circuit.
Still, even mediocre foreign films offer an intriguing glimpse of unversed in parts of the world. In the fractured universe created by the collapse of Communism, we’ve seen several films from Serbia, Bosnia, the Czech Republic, but not many from Macedonia. And to all intents few Americans are aware of the hostility between Macedonians and Albanians, which supplies part of the histrionics in this film. The ethnic conflicts that still permeate eastern Europe add a note of hazard to the movie’s raucous comedy.
The main character, Mirsa ( Jordan Simonov ), still lives with his venerable mother and pals around aimlessly with some drunken cronies. When a friend suggests a lyrical gig, they travel the country to round up some of their old band members, add a couple of new musicians, and try to recapture the exuberance they felt when they were performing nihilistic punk rock anthems 17 years earlier.
Source: Hollywood Reporter