Description: The 2012 film, The Third Half, was a deeply moving, life-affirming and often humorous story of love during war-time and a country's passion for soccer. It was the official submission of Macedonia for Best Foreign Language Film atf the Academy Awards in 201
This was the official website for the 2012 film, The Third Half, a deeply moving, life-affirming and often humorous story of love during war-time and a country's passion for soccer. Audiences on RottenTomatoes gave it an approval score of 71%. It was the official submission of Macedonia to the Best Foreign Language Film of the 85th Academy Awards in 2013. It was the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, Narrative Award Winner: 2014 Content is from the site's archived pages as well as other outside sources.
THE THIRD HALF International Trailer
THE THIRD HALF is a deeply moving, life-affirming and often humorous story of love during war-time and a country's passion for soccer. In 1941 Macedonia, a young Eastern Orthodox, Kosta, and a wealthy young Jewish woman, Rebecca, fall in love, despite her father's effort to keep them apart. With the war raging around their borders, the Macedonians remain cocooned in their world of patriotic pleasures, primarily concerned about getting the beleaguered Macedonia Football Club on a winning streak. Their manage