Section: POLSKIE HORYZONTY: The Female Gaze

SWETAT E GOLJAM I SPASENIJE DEBNE OTWSJAKADE

THE WORLD IS BIG AND SALVATION LURKS AROUND THE CORNER

Stefan Komandarev
Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, 2008, 106 Min
RFF International

Bulgaria, 1980. Alex enjoys a happy childhood in communist Bulgaria. Despite the scarcity of certain foodstuffs, his grandmother always manages to get hold of enough sugar for her cakes and biscuits. His mother indulges her love of reading and crochet pictures. And his grandfather, alias Bai Dan, is the uncrowned king of backgammon. He also has an unfortunate habit of telling political jokes during his games in the local pub. Plain-speaking and loud with it, he gets on the wrong side of the local Party commissioner, meaning Alex and his family have pack up and leave the country overnight.

Germany, 2006. For the first time since their flight, Alex and his parents plan to visit Bulgaria. A car accident puts paid to this venture; only the son survives, and his memory of the past has been entirely wiped out. When his grandparents in Bulgaria hear about the accident, Bai Dan sets out to fetch his grandson. But the young man no longer recognises him and wants nothing to do with the cheerful old Bulgarian. Bai Dan is having none of it. He decides to take Alex back to Bulgaria and administer therapy of his own kind.

Filmformat
35mm | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Stefan Komandarew, Djusan Militsch, Ilija Trojanow, Jurij Datschew
Kamera
Emil Christow b.a.c.
Ton
Alexander Batschwarow, Holger Lehmann
Schnitt
Nina Altaparmakowa
Ausstattung
Anastas Janakijew
Musik
Stefan Waldobrew
Darsteller
Miki Manojlovic, Carlo Ljubek, Christo Mutaftschijew, Ana Papadopulu, Dorka Gryllus
Produzent
Stefan Kitanow, Karl Baumgartner, Thanassis Karathanos
Produktion
RFF International, Pallas Film
Co-Produktion
András Muhi (Inforg Stúdió), Danijel Hočevar (Vertigo/Emotionfilm)
Kontakt
RFF International
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Sofia 1463
Bulgaria
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Stefan Komandarev

Stefan Komandarev - born 1966 in Bulgaria. He studied directing for film and television at the New Bulgarian University, Sofia. SVETAT E GOLYAM I SPASENIE DEBNE OTVSYAKADE is his second feature film.

Movies
DUEL (1996, short)
BALONAT (1997, short)
OBIKNOWENI TSCHASCHI (1998, short)
PANSION SA KUTSCHETA (2000)
PATJAT NA CHARMONIJATA (2001, doc)
CHLJAB NAD OGRADATA (2002, doc)
AZBUKA NA NADESCHDATA (2003, doc)