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Of An Age. The year prior, he made our skin crawl with the witchy folk horror You Won’t Be Alone.And now, he shifts gears once again, telling a lovely and kinetic story about found family, proving there’s not much he can’t do—Stolevski just might be one of the most unpredictable and exciting young directors working today.His latest, Housekeeping For Beginners, takes us back to his homeland, specifically Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia.
It’s there we meet an eclectic group of people, all living under one roof.There’s Dita (4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days‘ Anamaria Marinca), a healthcare worker, her loving parter Suada (Alina Serban), Suada’s two children—feisty teen Vanessa (Mia Mustafa) and the adorable Mia (Dzada Selim)—and even Dita’s longtime gay BFF Toni (Vladimir Tintor).
Oh, Toni’s got a young boy toy named Ali (Samson Selim) who’s hanging around now, too.It’s a full house!However—and we promise we’re not giving away anything here that’s not clearly telegraphed in the trailer—we soon learn that Suada is very, very sick.
Before she passes, she asks Dita to continue caring for her children.Though she never planned to be a mother, Dita now finds herself without a partner, and two young, grieving girls to look after.
