Baštata
Cinematography:
Krum RodriguezComposer:
Hristo NamlievCast:
Ivan Barnev, Ivan Savov, Margita Gosheva, Hristofor Nedkov, Ana Bratoeva, Georgi Damianov, Boyan Doychinov, Tanya Shahova, Maria Bakalova, Martina PenevaPlots(1)
Vasil has just lost his long-time partner in life, his wife Ivanka. When a woman at her funeral proclaims that the dead woman called her cellphone, Vasil seeks out the help of a well-known psychic in order to try to contact his wife. His son Pavel tries to bring him to his senses, but Vasil stubbornly insists on doing things his own way… Following the internationally successful The Lesson and Glory, Grozeva and Valchanov return with an intimate family drama about the difficulties of connecting with those close to us. As the picture slowly gathers momentum, its story unfolds many of the carefully arranged absurd or comic situations typical for the Bulgarian filmmaking duo. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Reviews (1)
The film contains a lot of hopefully initiated motifs, well-written characters that have a believable interaction characteristic of people who are unable to communicate properly with each other, and several nicely constructed, absurdly comic scenes. However, the story’s ending is cursory, and it fundamentally lacks more consistent escalation, greater tightness and a stronger point.
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