Film Reviews
Honeymoons -- Film Review
By Deborah Young, September 07, 2009 04:37 ET
Bottom Line: Masterful storytelling in the first co-production between Serbia and Albania. Venice Film Festival, Venice Days/Critics Week
VENICE -- Following in the wake of Goran Paskaljevic's Serbian trilogy -- "The Powder Keg," "Midwinter Night's Dream" and "The Optimists" -- "Honeymoons" addresses the Balkan youth drain, in a tale about two young couples, one Serbian and one Albanian, who leave their countries to seek greener pastures in Europe. The story is familiar but it is told with masterful skill that involves the audience deeply in the social and family context of the would-be emigres. The film has the distinction of being the first Serbian-Albanian co-production and offers a rare glimpse into today's Albania, which has only recently begun to emerge on the international film scene.
