BULGARIAN RHAPSODY

Bulgaria, Israel, 2014, 108 min

Summer of 1943. The Jews of Greater Bulgaria must adhere to the laws of Germany. Moni and Giogio meet Shelly (17) and face the values and limits of friendship, as they both fall in love with her, while outside rages their conflicted world. The Bulgarians are ordered to deport the Jews; trains traverse Bulgaria with 11,343 Jews from Macedonia and Thrace. The fate of the three youngsters mirrors the lives of the Balkan Jews during WWII, challenged with the horrors of that period.

SUBTITLE LANGUAGES
Director:
Ivan Nichev
Script:
Yourii Dachev, Tatyana Granitova, Ivan Nichev, Jean Pierre Magro
Cinematography:
Addie Reiss
Music:
Stefan Dimitrov
Cast:
Moni Moshonov, Tatyana Lolova, Angela Nedyalkova, Dimitar Rachkov ,Kristiyan Makarov, Stefan Popov, Alex Anski , Eliza Tokeva, Vasil Mihaylov, Stoyan Aleksiev, Lyubomir Kovachev, Sava Dragunchev, Bojidar Kostadinov
Production:
Cinepaz - Nissim Levy, United King Films - Moshe Edery, Leon Edery and Schaul Sherzer, Cinissima Ltd.; Cinema Project-Rabinovich Foundation
With the support of:
Bulgarian National Film Center, Bulgarian National Television, Nu Boyana Film Studios
Contact:
worldwide distribution – Nissim Levy

Awards

Festivals

Common screenings of "Bulgarian Rhapsody" co organized by the Bulgarian and the Israeli Embassies in: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia
Palm Springs Film Festival 2015
Warsaw Film festival 2015
Miami Film Festival 2015
Calgary Film Festival 2015
Ottawa Film Festival
Montreal Film Festival
London, Brussels, Geneva and Zurich Film Festivals March 2016
Week of European Cinema Bucharest, Sibiu, Timisoara
Week of Bulgarian Cinema Vienna
Week of Bulgarian Cinema London
Week of Bulgarian Cinema Prague

Reviews

This film enters straight into your heart, to remain there.
Jeny Baruh
The film brining the smells and nostalgic aroma of childhood
J.Gerassi
"Bulgarian Rhapsody" was such a success in Tampa Film Festival. The audience are still talking about it.
Tampa Film Festival

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