Dust (2001 film)

Dust
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMilcho Manchevski
Written byMilcho Manchevski
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBarry Ackroyd
Edited byNicolas Gaster
Music byKiril Džajkovski
Production
companies
  • The Film Consortium
  • Fandango
  • Shadow Films
  • South Fork Pictures
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 29 August 2001 (2001-08-29) (Venice)
  • 3 May 2002 (2002-05-03) (United Kingdom)
Running time
127 minutes
Countries
  • Macedonia
  • United Kingdom
  • Italy
  • Germany
Languages
  • English
  • Macedonian

Dust is a 2001 Western film in which centuries and continents intertwine in an intricate tapestry. A New York thief, a tough hundred-year-old woman, two brothers from the Wild West, a Macedonian revolutionary in the Ottoman Empire, and a beautiful pregnant woman all cross paths in a tale that spans two continents and three centuries. Its fractured narrative resembles a Cubist painting.

The UK-Italian-German-Spanish-Macedonian co-production, written and directed by Milcho Manchevski, stars Joseph Fiennes, David Wenham, Adrian Lester, Rosemary Murphy, Nikolna Kujaca, Anne Brochet, and Vera Farmiga. It was the opening-night film of the 2001 Venice Film Festival and was later released in a number of countries, including the United States.