Macedonia/The Netherlands/UNMI Kosovo 2007, Macedonian, English and Dutch with English subtitles, Video, 98 min
Director: Aneta Lesnikovska
Screenplay: Aneta Lesnikovska
Cinematography: Lennert Hillege
Cast: Irina Ristik, Igor Dzambazov, Dejan Lilik, Visar Vishka
Print Source: AKA Film
It is more than a decade since the Dogma manifesto came into existence, but according to Macedonian film-maker Aneta Lesnikovsa, it has been living in the Balkans forever. She swears it's time to kill Dogma. But how far will she go to make it come true?
A striking debut feature which blurs the line between fiction and reality, Does It Hurt? marks the 10th anniversary of the infamous Dogma manifesto that has had such a far-reaching impact on contemporary cinema.
Lesnikovska came up with the ingenious idea to dupe her friends into believing that she had foreign funding to make a film, and that they were all going to be in it. In the name of research she shot loads of footage of her friends telling their life stories. Her camera captures visual sequences of the absurdity, humor and survival techniques of a land and people in transition.
The result is Does It Hurt? , a very clever film, and a moving testament to friendship whose true subject is ultimately its own construction.
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