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- Social satire meets sex comedy – and a whole lot of dairy – in Milcho Manchevski’s confusing latest

Milcho Manchevski’s new film Kaymak [+see also:
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It’s broad, it’s vulgar, and it’s so ridiculous at times that you can’t help but chuckle. But the Macedonian director doesn’t fully commit to the crazy, injecting the story with sad exchanges or comments on the hierarchy between the privileged and the unprivileged.

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And the contrast is jarring.

Any attempts at satire – and there are many – come undone because of the film’s jaw-dropping lack of subtlety. Various sexual acts are mostly played for laughs, unless wearing a diving mask in bed is already a well-established practice.

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