''Bal-Can-Can'' ( mk, Бал-Кан-Кан,

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''Bal-Kan-Kan'') is a 2005 Macedonian-Italian joint production film about a

deserter Desertion is the abandonment of a military duty or post without permission (a pass, liberty or leave) and is done with the intention of not returning. This contrasts with unauthorized absence (UA) or absence without leave (AWOL ), which ...

who travels throughout the

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as a political immigrant in search of his dead mother-in-law who is wrapped in a carpet.

Cast

Release

Reception

The film was mostly praised by critics with some reviewers, such as Dennis Harvey of ''

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'', commenting on the film; "Writer-helmer Darko Mitrevski keeps pushing the envelope... The cynical, hallucinatory, modern Pilgrim's Progress is a trip, with memorably out-there sequences sure to build a cult rep among adventuresome cineastes."

Box office

The film was the highest-grossing film to date in the Republic of Macedonia. It was also released in Russia, United Kingdom, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0369258, Bal-Can-Can
Variety
2005 films Italian drama films Macedonian drama films English-language Italian films English-language Macedonian films Films about deserters