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a Greek film maker exiled to the United States, returns to his native Ptolemais to attend a
special screening of one of his extremely controversial films. But A’s real interest lies
elsewhere - the mythical reels of the very first film shot by the Manakia brothers, who
at the dawn of the age of cinema, tirelessly criss-crossed the Balkans and, without regard
for national and ethnic strife, recorded the region’s history and customs. Did these
primitive, never developed images really exist? If so, where are they? From Korita, Albania,
to Skoplje, Macedonia, Bucharest to Costanza, Romania, down the Danube to what used to be
Yugoslavia, from Belgrade to Sarajevo, A pursues his search for the Manakia brothers’ pictures.
Along the way, he encounters his own history, the Balkan past, and women whom he could love.
He hopes to find, in these forgotten pictures, the innocence of a virgin gaze.
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Cannes Film Festival, 1995: Grand Jury Prize & International Critics Prize
European Film Awards 1995: Felix of the Critics
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