
Macedoniaisasmallcountry,intheheartoftheBalkans,whichforfivecenturieswasundertheyokeoftheOttomanEmpire.Theactionofthefilm"TotheHilt"takesplaceintheyearsofthegeneralcollapseand"freefall",aftertheMacedonianuprisingof1903whichwasextinguishedinblood.Thestoryisalovequadranglebetweenanuncompromisingidealistrebel,amercilessTurkishofficer,anopportunistrichman'ssonreturninghomeafterhisstudiesinEuropeandalucidandopenmindedEuropeanwoman,whoflirtswiththethreemenandputsintrainaseriesofeventswithdireconsequences,thatshecouldhardlyimagine.Thecharactersgothroughturbulentcollisionswhichleadthemtocatharticexperiencesandnewself-awareness.ThefilmisaharshandromanticstoryinwhichtheeternalMacedoniancauseforownidentityandindependenceisseenthroughtheprismofrelativityoftheideasoffreedom,justice,love,sacrifice,andtreason.Thestorydramatizesand...WrittenbyGoranStefanovski


