BLAGA'S LESSONS

by Stephan Komandarev
2023, Bulgaria, Germany, 1h54, vostf
French premiere
ArrasDays 2020
 
Starring : Eli Skorcheva, Gerasim Georgiev, Ivan Barnev, Rozalia Abgarian, Stefan Denolyubov, Ivaylo Hristov
Screenplay : Stephan Komandarev, Simeon Ventsislavov
Cinematography : Vesselin Hristov
Music : Kalina Vasileva
Setting : Ivelina Mineva
Costumes : Nadya Dobrikova
Film editing : Nina Altaparmakova
Production : Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova
Synopsis
70-year-old Blaga is a retired teacher with high moral standards. But when swindlers steal the money she had been saving for her husband’s grave, she slowly starts sacrificing all of her principles. A gripping and fast-paced social thriller which delivers an uncompromising portrait of modern-day Bulgaria.