Nikola Ristanovski Movies
- 1999
- NR
A bizarre fantasy with elements of science fiction and socio/political allegory, Goodbye, 20th Century! opens in the year 2019, where war has left the world barren and devastated. Kuzman (Nikola Ristanovski) has been sentenced to death for blasphemy (the superstitious among his people believe his verbal outbursts may have brought a disease to the community), but he somehow survives his execution and has a series of strange adventures and sexual escapades. Meanwhile in the year 1999, people are celebrating New Year's Eve (to the sounds of Sid Vicious's recording of My Way) as a downcast gentleman in a Santa Claus outfit attends a funeral that degenerates into violence. Goodbye, 20th Century! had its U.S. premiere at the 1999 Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lazar Ristovski, Nikola Ristanovski, (more)
- 1997
This Macedonian-Polish co-production is set in 1950 Albania. The love affair of Albanian Elena (Agnieszka Wagner) and Macedonian Konstantin (Nikola Ristanovski) is interrupted by events during Albania's communist period. When Konstantin attempts to see her by illegally crossing a lake, corrupt Albanians label him a spy, sentencing him to prison and hard labor. Eventually, when he's released, Elena and Konstantin marry, and he returns to his old land-surveying job. However, when he requests a visit to his hometown, new conflicts arise. Shown at 1997 film festivals (Montreal, Toronto, Thessaloniki). ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Agnieszka Wagner, Nikola Ristanovski, (more)
