The Great Water

• Saso Kekenovski: Lem Nikodinoski (boy)
• Maja Stankovska: Isak Keyten
• Mitko Apostolovski: Ariton
• Verica Nedeska: Olivera
• Meto Jovanovski: Lem Nikodinoski (man )

The day Stalin's pants disappeared ( Macedonian: Γолемата Вода, Golemata Voda The Great Water) is a Macedonian feature film directed by Ivo Trajkov from 2004 The film is based on the award- winning novel " Golemata Voda " by Zhivko Chingo. .

Action

The film begins in the present, is in the old Lem Nikodinoski, a Macedonian politician admitted after a heart attack to the hospital. On his deathbed, he recalls his childhood: 1945 Lem comes as a 12- year-old in a Stalinist orphanage for children of fallen enemies of the regime, where the children of Stalin's ideology is drummed. There he meets the mysterious Isak know who dares the only one to question the authority of the National Director. Lem and Isak fraternize and lead a joint struggle against the former communist system in Yugoslavia.

Criticism

• Filmdienst: can boast A narrated in flashback visually stunning film that conveys his dark story in a fabulous way with convincing actors and the bitter history with sarcasm and weirdness takes a bit of their sharpness.

Awards

The film premiered as part of the AFI Film Festival and won international premiere at the film festival in Valencia a total of five awards, including Best Film and Best Cinematography.