The first part of the movie called “Words”, which reveals itself to actually be the end of the movie, takes place in a Macedonian monastery. This is where we meet Kiril, an Orthodox Christian monk, who has taken a vow of silence. Kiril is a very devoted young man who appears entirely disconnected and unmoved by the realities that surround him. He is a part of the Church, and therefore he is supposed to remain neutral among the ongoing conflict of ethnicity that is occurring around him.

Kiril finds himself caught in a conflict between right and wrong when Zamira, a youthful Albanian Muslim girl who is being pursued by the Macedonian militia, shows up at the church. Not far behind Zamira are her pursuers. During the first encounter that Kiril has with these men, he watches in horror as one of them opens fire on an innocent cat wi

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