International Feature Competition
Blaga's Lessons
Urotcite na Blaga
Swiss Premiere
Stephan Komandarev
Bulgaria, Germany
BADASS ELDERLY HEROINE
2023, 114'
VO. Bulgarian
ST. English, French
With
Eli Skorcheva, Gerasim Georgiev, Rozalia Abgarian
Beware anyone trying to swindle this somewhat rigid retired teacher... A sharp, virulent critique of Bulgarian society, carried by an actress who is simply in a class of her own. A film noir, we say!
In this film noir, set in the post-Communist era, a retired widow finds herself embroiled in a clever scam. Caught in a trap, her life is about to be turned upside down. And to think that her husband "believed more in Lenin than in Jesus...". A cynical and chilling portrait of Bulgarian society, it completes the director's trilogy on the decadence of his country, and features the great actress Eli Skorcheva, returning to the screen after an absence of over 30 years. Between tragedy and black farce, a provocative, suffocating and radical thriller.
Gaëlle Vidalie
Gaëlle Vidalie
Direction
Stephan Komandarev
Screenplay
Simeon Ventsislavov, Stephan Komandarev
Image
Vesselin Hristov
Editing
Nina Altaparmakova
Sound
Johannes Doberenz
Music
Kalina Vasileva
Production
Argo Film (Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova), 42film (Eike Goreczka, Christoph Kukula), Bulgarian National Television
With
Eli Skorcheva, Gerasim Georgiev, Rozalia Abgarian, Ivan Barnev, Stefan Denolyubov, Ivaylo Hristov
World sales
Heretic
Stephan Komandarev
1966, Bulgaria
Prior works
2019, Rounds (feature)2017, Directions (feature)
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