THE URUBU BIRD AND THE VIRGIN (Ïòèöàòà Óðóáó è äåâèöàòà)
Movie from: 1993
Duration: 117 minutes
Director: Aleksandar Popovski
Screenplay: Dejan Dukovski, Aleksandar Popovski
Leading Roles: Aleksandar Chaminski, Tanja Kochovska, Mladen Krstevski, Stavo Spasovski, Milica Stojanova, Sinolichka Trpkova
Content: The action of "The Urubu Bird and the Virgin" takes place in a tall apartment building, in which the protagonists
of the movie live. The garbage collector, the virgin, the voyeur grandma, the man that always solves crossword puzzles and his wife that
cannot stand his obsession with the enigmatic, distinguish themselves by their specific individuality and eccentricity. It is there, in
the elevators that many strange and unusual people meet each other. The garbage collector is obsessed with flying and he gathers nylon
from the garbage containers which he later glues together, making a big balloon which he will fly. Also he is in love with the virgin. He
needs a lot of courage to give her flowers and to tell her he loves her. When he finally does that, all the neighbors witness the scene
and ridiculously support him in his intention. The voyeur grandma enjoys going through pornographic magazines and alcohol; in one of the
neighboring apartments several shady individuals play endless games of cards; one hopelessly in love sings in front of the flat of his
beloved endlessly. The neurotic roommate who is bothered by any kind of noise nervously reacts to the vents in the neighboring flats. In
the end they all get together on the big patio under the improvised balloon of the garbage collector, expecting the big event - the flight
of the balloon.
Resume: The project entitled "Light Gray" is of the latest enrichments of Macedonian feature film production. We can
certainly say that this omnibus of three young directors all of them in the final year of their interdisciplinary studies in direction at
the Faculty of Dramatic Arts and the young author of the screenplay, a graduate in dramaturgy from the same faculty undoubtedly came to
refresh the exhausted standards of Macedonian feature film production.
Again we have a film created with the considerable efforts made by its executive producer, TFRZ Pegaz, and its chief animator the
experienced production manager Panta Mizhimakov. The participation of authors from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, who reached the official
standards of production and thus rather painlessly faced the non-academic cinematographic practice, was of just as great importance for
this intelligently designed and, above all, bold production enterprise.
This is an omnibus that consists of three stories based on the original script by Dejan Dukovski. These three stories are "An Urubu Bird
and a Virgin", "Wonderful world" and "Devil in the Heart". These three stories were directed by Aleksandar Popovski, Srgjan Janicijevic
and Darko Mitrevski, under the guidance of their professor Stole Popov.
On the creative plan, in all of these stories we feel the striving to find the most adequate expression of the suggested topic.
However, all of them are directed towards different genres despite the fact that they are characterized with a proximity to the current
cinematographic trends in the world.
This promising production is best aesthetically complemented by the achievements of the cameras of Brand Ferro, Apostol Trpevski and
Vladimir Samoilovski. The accurate editing was accomplished by Spase Tasevski, Dimitar Grbevski and Laki Chemchev.
Parts of the somewhat heterogenic cast are: Stevo Spasovski, Sinolichka Trpkovska, Aleksandar Chaminski, Vlado Jovanovski, Nikola
Ristanovski and Jovica Mihajlovski.
Sources: Macedonian Cinema Information Center and Cinemateque of Macedonia.
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