17

Macedonia del Norte, 2026.

Directed by: Kosara Mitic.

Cast: Dame Joveski, Martina Danilovska, Eva Kostic.

Running time: 107 min.

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Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Sara embarks on a school trip that, like so many at that age, seems destined for the carefree spirit of teenage discovery. However, something remains hidden within her, a disquiet that the film hints at from the beginning and that gradually intensifies into tension in the face of the group's apparent nonchalance. In this atmosphere of unbridled euphoria—long nights, alcohol, simmering tensions—a violent incident forever alters the relationship between Sara and Lina. Mitic tackles the subject with remarkable expressive economy. Instead of emphasizing the events, the director prefers to suggest them: she lingers on the silences, the subtle gestures, the unease that settles between the characters when what happened defies words. This attentive gaze avoids any melodramatic temptation and instead constructs a sensitive portrait of adolescence. 17 thus navigates the delicate territory of youthful complicity and normalized violence that often goes unnoticed. At the heart of the story lies the relationship between the two girls: a silent alliance born from shared experience that suggests, with sobriety and without emphatic speeches, the possibility of breaking with what seemed inevitable.

Seventeen-year-old Sara embarks on a school trip that, like so many at that age, seems destined for the carefree spirit of teenage discovery. However, something remains hidden within her, a disquiet that the film hints at from the beginning and that gradually intensifies into tension in the face of the group's apparent nonchalance. In this atmosphere of unbridled euphoria—long nights, alcohol, simmering tensions—a violent incident forever alters the relationship between Sara and Lina. Mitic tackles the subject with remarkable expressive economy. Instead of emphasizing the events, the director prefers to suggest them: she lingers on the silences, the subtle gestures, the unease that settles between the characters when what happened defies words. This attentive gaze avoids any melodramatic temptation and instead constructs a sensitive portrait of adolescence. 17 thus navigates the delicate territory of youthful complicity and normalized violence that often goes unnoticed. At the heart of the story lies the relationship between the two girls: a silent alliance born from shared experience that suggests, with sobriety and without emphatic speeches, the possibility of breaking with what seemed inevitable.

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