PAKET VECHNOST
ETERNITY PACKAGE
Trailer
A dreary small town, a loser, an arrogant bully and a woman who would rather go to see her ex in Madrid. Bobka, forever giving his best and yet only making matters worse, has to take over the funeral business after his mother's death. It's not just his talent for putting his foot in it that thwarts his plans but also the good contacts between his biggest competitor and the corrupt hospital director. The only person that can save him financially is an ageing diva who, back in the day, was responsible for his father's senseless death. In a work that makes playful use of cliches about the East, the Italian Western soundtrack, deliberately reminiscent of Ennio Morricone, provides the backdrop to an entertaining small-town Eastern that unfolds before the viewer's eyes.
ETERNITY PACKAGE is a movie about someone who, like his entire city, is caught in the mills of time. Behind him is a biographical experience that does little to enable him to deal with the challenges of the future, in him above all rising frustration and anger, and around him the law of the strongest.
Text: Jörg Taszman
ETERNITY PACKAGE celebrates its world premiere at the 34th FFC.
07.11.2024 | 20:30 | Glad-House (original version with English subtitles + simultaneous translation into German)
10.11.2024 | 12:30 | Stadthalle (original version with English subtitles + simultaneous translation into German)
Jonathan Heidelberger, Magdelena Ilieva
Debora Vrizzi
Ivelina Mineva
Simone Civitillo
Stoyan Doychev, Mariana Krumova
Magdelena Ilieva - Magdelena studied Film in NYU Tisch and Bulgaria. She produced feature THE LESSON (Toronto, Warsaw, Tokyo) and shorts THE SON (Tampere, Cottbus), JUMP (Clermont-Ferrand, EFA nom), among others. Her short she co-wrote and co-directed with Jonathan Heidelberger HOLE, aka MONEY FOR A FUNERAL, was a Best Short nominee at Oscar-qualifying Edmonton IFF and was awarded at the Bulgarian Golden Rose FF “for a tenderly told story with thrillingly built characters”. ETERNITY PACKAGE is her directorial debut feature and will have it´s world premiere at the 34th FFC. She is currently developing her second feature SVETI: THE SEARCH, supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center and MEDIA, while producing and co-writing feature PARIS 18, which just wrapped shooting.
