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[♪ soft music playing]
[fire crackling]
[Narrator] Do you know the tale of Silyan?
My grandpa told me this legend from the 17th century,
maybe even earlier.
There was once a boy
who lived in the land of Macedonia.
His family owned a lot of land,
and they were producing food for the entire village.
But the boy didn't like the heavy work on the land.
He dreamed of going somewhere far, far away.
Somewhere where he would find a better life.
When he told his father
he wanted to leave their village,
his father became so angry
that he threw a heavy curse upon his son:
'I hope you turn into a bird
so my eyes never see you again!'
When the father's words came out,
the sky opened
and Silyan was struck by lightning!
[thunder rumbles]
And that's how Silyan turned into a stork.
[birds chirping]
[bell tolling]
[♪ soft music playing]
[overlapping chatter]
- Would you like me to make you a crown?
- Of course I would.
[laughs]
- Let's put a couple more.
And now you are like a...
...king.
Look how handsome you are!
- Let me kiss you, my queen.
[whistling]
- Do you recognise the song? - That is my favourite song!
- That's right!
Remember when you took me
on a first date at your family grape field?
- How could I forget?
- We were secretly eating grapes.
- It was the best time of my life!
- Why?
- Because my family didn't have any grapes.
[both laugh]
- And then, remember what I gave to you?
- I don't remember. - Cucumbers!
- If the top of it falls, you love me!
if it doesn't, you don't.
With the finger.
You really love me.
[laughs]
[wind howling]
[Narrator] Silyan wasn't accepted
amongst the storks,
because he was different from them.
But he didn't belong amongst the humans, either.
He was very lonely.
'Father, I'm here! Look at me!'
he desperately wanted to say to him.
But instead of words,
only claps came out of his beak.
[horns honking]
[children chattering]
- Come on, kids, let's finish this house!
[overlapping chatter]
Good job! You've become a professional, Ace!
- Give Grandpa some mortar, sweetie.
She's so hard-working!
- Here, Grandpa!
- She's working so hard, because this will be her room.
Give Grandpa another brick.
Good job, kiddo!
Your room will be
the most beautiful in the house.
- Put the brick here!
- Should I put it here?
Here from the window you will watch the baby storks!
Look at those storks!
Do you see them up there?
They are building a house just like us.
- We're building with bricks,
and they are building with branches and weeds.
- I'm happy to leave this house to you
and to my daughter, Aleksandra.
- We're happy to be here!
All the way there.
I built the second story of this house for my son.
Do you know how hurt I am that he left the village?
He left us by ourselves.
[Narrator] The father didn't know that his son
was still there, in the village,
very close to him.
But Silyan had to accept the life
of a stork forever.
[♪ soft music playing]
[bird squawking]
- Look at the little mouse!
Run, run, run!
- Let's catch him!
Come on!
- The land gave a lot.
- Very fertile!
- Help Grandpa find the potatoes!
- There is more over there!
Six kilos here!
- Five tons of potato.
- Come on, hard-working people!
- This year we have a record! - The peppers are so fertile!
[happy overlapping chatter]
Come on, everyone, try some.
Eat it with your bare hands.
[overlapping chatter]
It's the last harvest of the year.
Next year will be more abundant than this year.
[overlapping chatter]
- Let me show you!
- I want the biggest ones.
- Six hundred grams. - What do you think?
- It's not big enough.
It's too expensive.
- Why are you laughing? - Come on!
- Are we working for free?
You know how much work this is?
Show the money now.
You're not going to get poorer.
[overlapping chatter]
Two hundred fifty denars.
- You check it yourself so you won't say I've tricked you.
- Is it green?
- Of course not.
Fifteen denars a kilo.
- Are you sure it's not green?
- It's not, don't worry.
- Thirteen denars a kilo.
- I saw over there someone was giving them for eight.
- Eight denars? You have some sense of humour!
I'd rather throw them away than give them for eight!
- Maybe we should start giving it as a gift!
- Here's money! - Not that kind of money!
- What kind of money? - The price I asked for!
- Give me five bags for 50 denars! That's 350!
- I'm not even talking to you!
- You have no right to give him money!
I came first!
- I have to feed my family, too!
I've been working hard,
and I want to take something to my family.
- I'm not taking your money, guys!
I'm not giving you my peppers, either!
You just lost your best offer!
- The market is going to be over soon.
- It can't be over. Nobody sold anything.
- Come on, Grandpa!
- I don't know what we're going to do.
Don't worry! The year is ahead of us.
We have more crops for selling.
Nothing is going smoothly.
Believe me! We have tobacco, cabbages...
It's all for nothing.
It's going to pay off, believe me.
[overlapping chatter]
- This one is a second class, too.
Two boxes second class,
and the rest are third class, okay?
No!
- You'll give the man the tobacco price you agreed upon planting.
Look at this yellow colour! It's pure gold!
Okay, then. Take it back home!
Take it to the gold shop to sell it if it's gold!
[overlapping chatter]
I agree, it's a good-looking tobacco,
but for second class.
- Second? No way.
You haven't seen a better tobacco than this one.
- I'm sorry, but the government has tightened the policies!
- Go measure it on the table!
Where do you think I should put it?
I'll show you where it is.
First class!
[overlapping chatter]
You only took the good leaves. they are not enough.
All of them are like this!
- Next year, we are not going to plant any more!
That's it!
No way. We are taking it back.
- Do you know how much work it is to harvest tobacco?
One ton of fertiliser is 1300 denars.
One litre of gas is 1200 denars.
You should think about what you are doing!
You will lose all of your farmers!
[♪ soft music playing]
Three tons of unsold potatoes.
What are we going to do now?
All of it is going to rot away.
Then we need to throw it in the dumpster.
All the work for nothing.
[speaking in foreign language]
[reporter] The farmers are angry.
They believe the government
lets the traders and buyers abuse their hard work.
The prices are changing every day at the merchants' whim.
The farmers are announcing a blockade on the main road.
[beaks clacking repeatedly]
- Farmers are not slaves!
Farmers are not slaves!
[chanting continues]
[♪ intense music playing]
[beaks clacking]
[horns honking]
- There were 300 farming families in our village,
now there are barely 50.
We can't live with these prices!
- We are blocking the main road today.
Down with the government!
We are not giving you a single bite!
We worked for nothing!
We are blocking this road with the fruits of our hard work!
Back off!
Justice for the farmers!
[tractor engines rumbling]
[flies buzzing]
[bills clacking]
[thunder rumbles]
[flies buzzing]
- Do you speak German? - A little bit?
- Bitteschon. - Bitteschon?
- Meine Herren. - Meine Herren?
- Auf Wiedersehen? - Au-fi-der-zein.
- That means 'goodbye'. - Okay. 'Aufiderzein.'
If somebody wants to order some sandwich...
those...
chicken burgers...
the usual McDonald's food, you know it.
I'm not so familiar with those sandwiches myself.
You will be hired to sell them.
I've fixed jobs in Germany for more than 500 families like you.
I helped everybody I could.
Nothing can go wrong from my side, I promise you.
I went to Germany, I worked hard,
I came back, and I made this farm.
If I stayed here, I was never going to have this luxury.
But then I built all of this with my own hands,
I provided security for my kids and my family.
- I assume you have kids. - Yes.
Think about their future.
[speaking in foreign language]
[airplane departing]
[♪ soft music playing]
[Narrator] The flock of storks had to migrate south in order
to find food.
Silyan didn't want to leave his village, but he had no choice.
[♪ soft music playing]
He left with the fear
that he would never reconcile with his father.
[wind]
- Ilina!
Did you forget about Grandpa and Grandma?
You forgot us already.
- Ilina!
- Ilina.
- The internet doesn't work.
[speaking in foreign language]
Here she is!
Let me see you, sweetie!
Grandma's pretty doll!
She grew up so much!
- How are you? Are you okay?
- All good. Very cold.
Are the salaries on time?
You won't believe it!
They've paid us on the exact date three months in a row!
- It's great! - Mm-hmm.
Why is Ane mad?
- I'm not.
- Don't you tell me. I can feel her from here.
- Ane, is it cold over there?
- It's cold.
Do you know how expensive the daycare is here?
We are giving our entire salary to that.
- But Ace just said everything is great.
- Don't you listen to Ace!
We are giving away all of our savings!
We are alone, and we can't keep any money.
You must come here, Mom.
At least for a while, until we can earn something.
You have to come take care of Ilina.
Please...
[wind]
[steady rain]
[Ace] Grandpa!
- Jana, I put them to boil. What should I do next?
Should I put turmeric in the pot?
Yes, you can put the turmeric.
But when you bake them, not now.
- Should I put salt and spices in the water?
[Jana] No, afterwards. Now just boil them.
[speaking in foreign language]
[Jana] Wash them first!
[speaking in foreign language]
[Jana] Good job. Put them to boil now.
- Grandpa, look at Ilina's new toy.
- Let me see!
Do you want to come here and see Grandpa?
[Ane] Ilina, do you want to go back to Grandpa's?
[thunder rumbling]
[thunder and lightning]
[thunder rumbling]
[horse approaching]
[cart rumbling]
LAND FOR SALE 3500 EUROS
GRAPES FOR SALE 6000 EUROS
[thunder rumbles]
LAND FOR SALE 2000 EUROS
- That's not how it's done!
Put it lower.
Not like that.
Is it like this?
[speaking in foreign language]
There are two holes.
Turn it around, you won't break it.
[speaking in foreign language]
- Do you know where I got this from?
The kids brought it to me from Austria.
- Has anyone found any gold with this device before?
- I'm sure they have.
- Let's not dig for nothing.
- Some people have found treasure!
- Do you know how to turn it on?
- Here it is.
This button is for gold, this one for copper.
[machine beeps]
[machine whirring]
You know, they used to hide gold in the walls of the old houses.
- How much did it cost, Iljo? - Six hundred euros.
That's nothing.
We only need to find six golden coins to pay it off.
- I think it showed something.
Try from this side.
Are you sure this house is abandoned?
Where is the owner?
- He moved to Germany. - He won't be coming back.
What are your sons doing over there?
Vanja works at 'fast delivery'.
- And Goran? - He works in a factory.
- Shifts? - Only night shifts.
- So they are like prisoners. They don't see any daylight.
You are also wifeless, just like me.
- I can't blame her, she loves them.
She wants to help them.
- So, who's going to take care of you, now?
- I'll be fine, I can take care of myself.
It's better to take care of our grandchildren than me.
[beeping]
- Where did this guy hang himself?
- The man remained alone.
His family left him.
He hanged himself from this pillar right here.
That's what happens when your family abandons you.
[indistinct chatter over TV]
- What made you decide to change your profession at 60 years old?
It wasn't my decision.
Nothing is working out with farming.
Not the watermelons, not the corn, not the potatoes.
- How long have you been a farmer?
- Since I was 15. 45 years already.
What shall the social service do with you now?
I don't know, that's why I came here,
to ask if you could find me some other job.
- Oh Nikola, Nikola. You can't be retired yet, you are too young.
But you are too old to start a new profession.
What work experiences do you have?
As a farmer, I was driving heavy vehicles
like tractors.
- Could you be a driver?
- I could work as a driver, yes.
- What types of driving licences do you have?
- I have A, B, C.
- Can you drive a bulldozer? - Yes, I can.
[glass and clutter clanking]
[wind howling]
[♪ soft music playing]
[Narrator] When the spring came,
the storks returned to Macedonia.
Silyan couldn't wait to see his parents
and the joyful life in his village.
[swing creaking]
[distant thunder]
[♪ soft music playing]
[♪ dramatic music playing]
- Do you remember when all the storks
were jumping behind our tractors?
We were planting and they were eating.
They came immediately when they heard the sound of the tractor.
They still follow the sound of our tractors.
But look what they are eating now.
[flies buzzing]
- So sad.
Poor animal.
- Don't you think we should already
make our own graves next to the storks?
- I agree, but who should die first?
I think it's better that you die first.
- Why me?!
- Because you can't dig a grave big enough for me.
Look how big I am.
- I'm smaller but stronger! - So you want me to die first?
No, no, you're younger than me, life is ahead of you!
[Narrator] 'Father, are we destined to die
and never reconcile?'
Silyan didn't want to accept this destiny.
You see where the wing is broken?
- Here! I feel two bumps.
Don't waste time. Take him to a vet in the city.
They will know what to do.
They have wild animal shelters there.
Such a beautiful creature.
You're so pretty.
- A stork?
Move the box away.
Which wing is hurt?
- The right one.
- I see the swelling.
This is a wild animal,
and we don't know what to do with it.
- We are not trained for wild animals.
It's not very common to see a wild animal in our clinic.
- It's the first time, actually. - Can you take care of it?
I don't know what to do with it.
I don't know how to feed a stork!
What's this one made of?
'Mono protein.'
Let's try...
[speaking in foreign language]
Let go, let go.
No, he doesn't like cat food.
Maybe you could take it temporarily,
so we can try to find some organisation for it?
Here, you can put some fish in a bucket of water.
The fish will swim in the bucket, and he will hunt them.
Are you going to take your stork home now?
- I can't see you, Jana!
[speaking in foreign language]
[Jana] Ilina is mad at you because you are not coming here.
Come here, sweetie, look what I found you!
Look at the pretty stork, sweetie!
[Jana] Wow, he is such a beautiful stork!
I wanna go there!
- I wanna go to Grandpa!
[Jana] We will, we will, one day.
- Grandpa! - Grandpa will come, don't worry.
- Grandpa! - Hey?
[Jana] Did anybody call about the fields?
- Nobody called.
It's a wasteland here. Let me see Ilina more.
[Jana] How come they didn't? You should lower the prices.
If it's 3000, give it for 2000.
If it's 2000, give it for 1000.
- I'll think about it. I'll call you another time for that.
[Jana] We have to sell them! We need money!
Whatever they give, they give!
[♪ soft music playing]
[flies buzzing]
[splashing]
[♪ playful music playing]
Go, fly to your family now.
Go ahead, fly!
[♪ inspirational music playing]
[thud]
[♪ soft music playing]
- This was the biggest stork nest in Europe.
Look, it was so heavy that it broke the rooftop!
Take as much as you can so your stork can be more comfortable.
Wait, it's not full enough.
- I was a good father to him.
I helped him stand on his own feet.
I helped him buy a car.
- He doesn't ask if you need any help?
- No, he hasn't come here in years.
He didn't even see this house. I was building it for him.
What can I do? I'm invisible to him.
- It doesn't matter, he will always be your child.
- So what if he's my child?
I'll leave everything I have to the state! To the church!
I won't leave him anything.
- A child may give up on their parent,
but a parent could never give up on their child.
- I don't care! I'll find myself another son.
- I have three sons. If you want, I can lend you one.
Then you will finally be as happy as I am.
[laughter]
I'm gonna get sick from laughing!
I haven't laughed for years.
Move it to the left!
This one could fall from a plane,
and it would still not break!
We made it so strong.
Silyan can raise three to four kids on this floor.
[♪ soft music playing]
[thunder rumbles]
[dog barks]
[♪ soft music playing]
[speaking in foreign language]
Look... I can't give you my land for 1000!
It's a really low price. At least 3000!
- When is your birthday? - Why?
Should I give it to you as a gift, maybe?
I've worked on that land my entire life,
and now I should give it to you for free!
Two thousand is the minimum!
All right, I'll think about it.
[distant thunder]
Hello, Jana! The situation here is scary!
The farmers poured gasoline over their crops and burned them!
[Jana] What are you saying? That's so sad and worrying!
- They are getting more money from the insurance
than from working on the land!
[Jana] The poor vine trees!
How do they have the heart to burn them?
- They've turned their ancestors' trees into dust!
[siren wailing]
[♪ somber music playing]
Are your families coming back for New Years'?
- No, nobody is coming back.
But we can still celebrate, just the three of us.
So what?
[♪ festive music playing]
[singing in foreign language]
Happy New Year!
Whoever finds the coin in the bread,
he will be the host of the next New Year.
Look at those eyes.
As if he's human.
[Narrator] Silyan spent many sleepless days and nights
thinking about how to tell his father that he was still alive.
He decided to stand before his father
to see what would happen.
The father noticed the stork and started speaking to him:
'You poor bird. You are as lonely as I am.
You have lost your family, too.
My heart aches,
because I cursed my own son, and I lost him.'
The old man didn't know this was indeed his own son.
He decided to adopt the stork
and take care of him.
That's how after a long time, Silyan finally came back home.
The father told him:
From today on, we will live together.
You will help me plant crops on the land
so that we will have food, and we will survive.
[wind]
- Hello. - Hi, how are you, sweetheart?
[Jana] I'm good. What's new with you?
Jana... I decided not to sell the fields.
I simply can't abandon them.
They've kept us alive for 60 years.
[Jana] How are you planning to work on the land by yourself?
- It's the only thing I know how to do!
I quit the landfill already.
If you want, come back. If not, I accept it.
[Narrator] And that's how Silyan and his father
found peace with each other.
They returned to working on the land together.
[♪ inspirational music playing]
[♪ soft music playing]
[speaking foreign language]
What did I do wrong? What did I do wrong?
Now you will see!
[both laughing]
Let's work! Let's work!
Don't you dare!
- Wipe your sweat!
You pumpkin!
[speaking in foreign language]
Come on!
[beaks clacking rapidly]
[♪ dramatic music playing]
[♪ soft music playing]
[♪ soft upbeat music playing]