The Mountain Won't Move

Each year, three brothers - Zekir, Zarif, and Zani - spend several months in the Macedonian mountains, looking after their family’s flock. The older brothers, Zekir and Zarif, lead the sheep in the upper pastures, while the younger, Zani, stays in a lower hut and takes care of the cows. At an altitude of 2,400 meters, far from any community or society, the brothers live a free yet precarious life, filled with hard work, simple games and innocent joy. Aside from their two much younger siblings, whom Zekir tries to teach the trade, and a younger sister who occasionally visits Zani, the boys’ only companions are their numerous shepherd dogs. One of them, Belichka, Zarif’s favourite dog, is held captive by a breeder from the city who made a dubious agreement with the boys. As they come of age, many questions arise in the brothers’ minds: who are they, individually and in relation to each other? Can they manage a sustainable life as shepherds? What lies ahead for them in their future? As tensions grow between Zekir and Zarif, the latter becomes eager to change his life.