Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Joseph Fiennes | ... | Elijah | |
David Wenham | ... | Luke | |
Adrian Lester | ... | Edge | |
Anne Brochet | ... | Lilith | |
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Nikolina Kujaca | ... | Neda |
Rosemary Murphy | ... | Angela | |
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Vlado Jovanovski | ... | Teacher |
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Salaetin Bilal | ... | The Major |
Vera Farmiga | ... | Amy | |
Matt Ross | ... | Stitch | |
Meg Gibson | ... | Bone | |
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Tamer Ibrahim | ... | Kemal |
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Vladimir Jacev | ... | Spase |
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Vladimir Gjorgjijoski | ... | Enver |
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Zora Georgieva | ... | Maslina |
A New York thief (Edge), a tough-as-nails hundred-year-old woman (Angela), two brothers from the Wild West (Luke and Elijah), a revolutionary hell-bent on liberating Macedonia from the Ottoman Empire (The Teacher), and a beautiful pregnant woman (Neda), all cross paths in a tale that spans two continents and three centuries. Its fractured narrative resembles a Cubist painting. Written by Milcho Manchevski
"Dust" is an awesome film. It's common for an art house film to have a theme, but rarely an identifiable moral. This one has both. We are convinced that we like not one but two bad guys - even when they show no redeemable qualities. The dual stories are very even-handed and well-paced. And the scatter-shoot style (e.g. Pulp Fiction) actually drives half the plot. I can only imagine the editing headaches... and the screenplay outline! It's fascinating to watch on all levels.
I have been thinking about this movie all day as well (Where DO our voices go when we are no more?...) I'm glad that it's readily available in the States - can't wait to buy a copy.