And the Pain Remains

And the Pain Remains

2016 · 14 min · ★ 6.2 · Drama

100 years since the beginning of First World War. Locality - French cemetery in Bitola. State protocol. There are deputies, ministers, ambassadors, military attaches, consuls, honorary consuls, media present - Priests - Orthodox, Catholic, Muslim. - Military band. Jean Batiste Valerie, an old man of about 77 years of age, arrives in Bitola for the first time. Tiny, petite, with thin and gray hair, arrives late at the sad ceremony held in honor of the fallen French soldiers in the First World War. According to correspondence and information from the French army, his predecessor with the same name and surname must be located somewhere nearby. The ceremony had already begun.

Directed by Vladimir Talevski · Written by Vladimir Talevski

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Nikola 'Kole' Angelovski Jean Batiste Valerie
Dimitar Gjorgjievski young Jean Batiste Valerie

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