Tales from the Balkans

A 100 years after, the Balkan wars are still firmly engraved in the minds and hearts of the people of the region. Stories by word-of mouth are handed down from generation to generation thus keeping history alive. In those times four small countries - Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro allied in a Balkan League to achieve what seemed an unfeasible aim - defeat the huge Ottoman Empire. They did, but the exploit ended in a fratricide war among themselves. Mutual hatred, lack of confidence and neighborly hostilities have branded the lives of generations to come. The film plot is built upon a trip of war refugee descendants visiting the native villages of their grandparents. This is a film tour in history, a story about the familiar Balkan wars depicted with unfamiliar archive footage.