The Last Macedonian - Road to Extinction (2015)
장르 : 다큐멘터리, 역사
상영시간 : 1시간 30분
연출 : Ilija Piperkoski
시놉시스
This is a documentary film about the land and people which will never restore their power of the past. A story about negations and many historical moments are enveloped in the veil of secret. Through the modern personalities and archives "The Last Macedonian from Macedonia" approaches to the truth revealing the never spoken moments and linking the past, present, but also the future. The film was shot on locations in Bitola and its surroundings.
19세기 마케도니아, 200살의 마녀 마리아는 어린 소녀를 납치해 자신의 대를 잇는 마녀로 키우고자 한다. 그러나 16세가 된 네베나 자신과 같아지자 마리아는 흥미를 잃고 그녀를 버린다. 네베나는 버려진 숲에서 우연히 만난 한 시골 여자를 죽이고 그녀의 모습을 취한다. 다양한 인간으로의 삶을 경험하면서 경이로움과 고난에 매료된 젊은 마녀, 네베나는 인간의 삶에 대한 호기심과 이를 이해하기 위해 자신이 가진 무시무시한 힘을 휘두르며 마을 사람들을 모두를 죽인다. 사라졌던 마리아가 다시 나타나자 마녀의 대를 이어야 하는 자신이 운명 앞에서 고통스러운 결정을 내려야 한다.
마케도니아의 어느 산골 마을에 늙은 어머니와 함께 살아가는 아티제는 매일 돌산을 넘으며 자연이 허락하는 만큼의 소산물을 얻는다. 지루하지만 능숙한 그녀의 움직임을 따라 자연이 펼쳐지고 그녀가 벌을 다루며 꿀을 얻는 방식에서 조화롭게 사는 삶의 태도를 목격하게 된다. 그녀의 옆으로 새로운 이웃들이 찾아온다. 그들은 아티제의 지혜와 조언에 따라 그녀가 고수하는 전통적 방식을 배우려 노력하지만 그들의 욕망에 비해 자연은 턱없이 부족하기만 하다. 결국, 서로 다른 삶의 방식은 대립하고 아티제의 꿀벌마저 위기에 놓인다.
성당에서 침묵의 서약을 한 젊은 수도사 키릴은 쫓기고 있는 알바니아 소녀 자밀라를 숨겨주지만 그녀의 말조차 알아듣지 못한다. 어느새 그녀는 그의 마음 속에 자리잡게 되고 무장한 사내들이 그녀를 찾아 성당을 기습할 때도 그는 자신의 평화를 깨트릴 위험에 빠지게 됐다는 사실조차 잊어버린다. 한편 사진편집인 앤은 남편 닉과 종군 사진작가 알렉산더 사이에서 사랑의 갈등을 겪게 되고 알렉산더는 마음의 평화를 찾기 위해 고향으로 돌아간다. 하지만 어느새 그곳도 전쟁의 기운에 휩싸여 있다. 어느날 과거의 연인이었던 안나가 자신의 실종된 딸을 찾아달라고 부탁하자 그는 카메라를 통해서 경험했던 민족분규를 경험하게 된다.
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