AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD

Bulgaria, 1999, 109 min.

A tale of the lost human relations : of love and racial tolerance after the end of WW II. Of the end of the nostalgic Bulgarian fairytale from Plovdiv and the picturesque quarter where Bulgarians, Turks, Jews, Gypsies and Armenians used to live in harmony. And of a failed love story …

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Director:
Ivan Nichev
Script:
Angel Wagenstein
DOP:
Georgi Nikolov
Music:
Stefan Dimitrov
Cast:
Stefan Danailov, Katerina Didaskalo, Vasil Mijailov, Tatyana Lolova, Georgi Kaloianchev, Georgi Rusev, Nikola Korabov, Athina Papas, Iorgos Tzitzopolus, Vasil Vasilev Zueka

Awards

Festivals

Panorama Berlinale – 1999
Official Competition Karlovy Vary
Panorama – Moscow
Montreal Film Festival
Jerusalem International Film Festival
Troia International Film Festival-Portugal
Thessaloniki International film Festival
Premio del Publico -Verona Film Festival
Bursa and Istanbul - Festival of the European Films - Turkey
Opening - San Francisco Festival, Sacramento Festival
Barcly Festival
Opening - Boston Festival
Opening - Washington Festival
Opening - Sydney Festival
Palm Beach Film Festival
New York Festival
Hartford Festival
Los Angeles Festival
Dallas Festival
Vancouver Festival
Hong Kong Festival

Reviews

Generous in tone, epic in scope and rigorously unsentimental, this is a beautifully produced, meticulously crafted work, one of the undoubted highlights of recent Bulgarian cmema.
Edinburgh International Film Festival