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Many cultures maintain that we must heed the voices of our ancestors and honor the dead. In modern Western societies where time is money, these concerns are out of sight and out of mind. Not so in this unusual film by Milcho Manchevski whose first work Before the Rain (1994) won over 30 awards. mtv movie awards 2011 winners Shadows is Macedonia's Oscar entry for Best Foreign mtv movie awards 2011 winners Language Film in 2008. It is a complex and multidimensional drama about one man's quest for meaning and healing when he receives a message that unsettles his soul. Here is a story drenched with death, fear, and the wanderings of the dead.
Lazar Perkov (Borce Nacev) is called "Lucky" and his life has proved the veracity of his nickname. He is a physician who, in the opening scene of the film, survives a car crash that involves a close encounter with death in the form of a journey down a long tunnel with light at the end. After a year of recovering at his mother's beautiful villa, he leaves his wife (Filareta mtv movie awards 2011 winners Atansova) and son to return to Macedonia's capital city of Skopje and his work at a hospital.
Lazar is often disoriented and unable to function as well as he did in the past. One day in his apartment, he encounters an old woman (Ratka Radmanovic) who speaks an ancient dialect. She delivers to him a message mtv movie awards 2011 winners that he cannot decipher. At the university, Lazar meets Menka (Vesna Stanojevska) who claims to be a linguist. She gives him a translation of the message: "Return what's not yours. Have respect."
He begins a passionate affair with her despite the mystery surrounding the wounds on her neck. She is a very erotic woman and surprises him with her ease with physical pleasure. Lazar also encounters a man (Salaetin Bilal) in the apartment building with bloody feet and a crying infant in his care. These three restless souls are from the land of the dead; Lazar (whose name means Lazarus) can see them thanks mtv movie awards 2011 winners to his close encounter with death. In the process of deciding what to do about his debt to the past, this physician comes to grips with personal responsibility mtv movie awards 2011 winners and with his lust for life.
In one of the eeriest scenes in Shadows, writer and director Manchevski has Lazar pass by a cemetery where people are celebrating the Night of the Dead. In this region of the world, individuals spend the evening with departed mates, siblings, and friends. They serve food and drinks to the souls of the dead. The ritual enables those who participate in it to acknowledge the fact of death and its importance in their lives. The scene is a perfect match to the mysterious tone of the film, signifying more than meets the eye.
Home Spiritual Practices Books for Spiritual Journeys Audios for Spiritual Journeys Spirituality & Film Spirituality on DVD Spiritual mtv movie awards 2011 winners Teachers E-Courses Religions & Spiritual Paths NEW Topics & Media Naming the Days Blogs NEW The 12s Galleries Spiritual Literacy Project S&P Community About Us Support Us Press Room Advanced mtv movie awards 2011 winners Searches Stores Free Newsletter
Title: Director First Name: Director Last Name: Keywords: Medium: Any Books - All Hardcover Paperback Other Audios - All Spoken-Word Audio Music Audio Other Films - All Feature Film Special Interest Film Documentary Animated Film DVD/VHS Feature Film DVD/VHS Special Interest Film DVD/VHS Documentary DVD/VHS mtv movie awards 2011 winners Animated Film Other Television - All TV Special Event TV mtv movie awards 2011 winners Series Other Practice: Any Attention Beauty Being Present Compassion Connections Devotion Enthusiasm Faith Forgiveness Grace Gratitude Hope Hospitality Imagination Joy Justice Kindness Listening Love Meaning Nurturing Openness Peace Play Questing Reverence Shadow mtv movie awards 2011 winners Silence Teachers Transformation Unity Vision Wonder X-The Mystery mtv movie awards 2011 winners Yearning You Zeal Tradition: Any Arts and Culture Baha'i Buddhism Insight Meditation Other Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism Zen Buddhism Celtic Spirituality Christianity Anglican Catholic Eastern Orthodox Evangelical Mormon Protestant Quaker Confucianism Cultural Studies Hinduism Indigenous Religions mtv movie awards 2011 winners Aboriginal African Religions Shamanism Islam Judaism mtv movie awards 2011 winners Literary mtv movie awards 2011 winners Multifaith Native American New Age New Thought Other Religions Philosophy Psychology Sacred Feminine Science Shinto Spirituality Sufism Taoism Twelve-Step Spirituality Unitarian Universalist Wicca
Many cultures maintain that we must heed the voices of our ancestors and honor the dead. In modern Western societies where time is money, these concerns are out of sight and out of mind. Not so in this unusual film by Milcho Manchevski whose first work Before the Rain (1994) won over 30 awards. mtv movie awards 2011 winners Shadows is Macedonia's Oscar entry for Best Foreign mtv movie awards 2011 winners Language Film in 2008. It is a complex and multidimensional drama about one man's quest for meaning and healing when he receives a message that unsettles his soul. Here is a story drenched with death, fear, and the wanderings of the dead.
Lazar Perkov (Borce Nacev) is called "Lucky" and his life has proved the veracity of his nickname. He is a physician who, in the opening scene of the film, survives a car crash that involves a close encounter with death in the form of a journey down a long tunnel with light at the end. After a year of recovering at his mother's beautiful villa, he leaves his wife (Filareta mtv movie awards 2011 winners Atansova) and son to return to Macedonia's capital city of Skopje and his work at a hospital.
Lazar is often disoriented and unable to function as well as he did in the past. One day in his apartment, he encounters an old woman (Ratka Radmanovic) who speaks an ancient dialect. She delivers to him a message mtv movie awards 2011 winners that he cannot decipher. At the university, Lazar meets Menka (Vesna Stanojevska) who claims to be a linguist. She gives him a translation of the message: "Return what's not yours. Have respect."
He begins a passionate affair with her despite the mystery surrounding the wounds on her neck. She is a very erotic woman and surprises him with her ease with physical pleasure. Lazar also encounters a man (Salaetin Bilal) in the apartment building with bloody feet and a crying infant in his care. These three restless souls are from the land of the dead; Lazar (whose name means Lazarus) can see them thanks mtv movie awards 2011 winners to his close encounter with death. In the process of deciding what to do about his debt to the past, this physician comes to grips with personal responsibility mtv movie awards 2011 winners and with his lust for life.
In one of the eeriest scenes in Shadows, writer and director Manchevski has Lazar pass by a cemetery where people are celebrating the Night of the Dead. In this region of the world, individuals spend the evening with departed mates, siblings, and friends. They serve food and drinks to the souls of the dead. The ritual enables those who participate in it to acknowledge the fact of death and its importance in their lives. The scene is a perfect match to the mysterious tone of the film, signifying more than meets the eye.
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