Aco Aleksov

Macedonian TV drama.

TV film adaptation of the play Aleksandra written by Tome Arsovski.

Young scientist Zare and his wife, a theater costume designer Mira, live in a rented apartment where they were under the pressure of curious and disturbing neighbors. Once Zare was given the keys of the Ethnographic Museum in Ohrid in order to sort out the situation in this museum, this means escape for the family.

A boy named Mišo runs away from home and befriends new people who happen to be criminals.

Five centuries of persecution and the struggle of the Macedonian people for freedom and an independent Macedonian state in which freedom will reign equally for all, have created their own myth and tradition for themselves. The struggles, sufferings, betrayals and self-sacrifice were later translated and woven through Macedonian songs, stories, tales and plays. Starting from there, this TV movie approaches the events of that time.

Macedonia on the turn of the century is enslaved by decaying Ottoman Empire. Freedom fighters, in order to raise money for their cause, kidnap American lady who works in Protestant mission.

During the war a child who was left in a village was found by a group of Gypsies. The called the boy Tarun and soon he learned to respect Gypsies customs, learned how to survive, and how to earn for a living by weaving baskets. Other people called him White Gipsy.