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Completed - BULGARIAN - Second film, Drama - 97 minutes

Log Line

The lie of a teenage girl destroys the world of her elder sister. Struggling to fix what she has done she finds out the truth about their mother.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2020 (Debut)
  • Toronto 2020 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2019

Director(s) : Svetla TSOTSORKOVA
Writer(s) : Svetoslav OVCHAROV, Svetla TSOTSORKOVA
Cast : Monika NAYDENOVA, Svetlana YANCHEVA, Elena ZAMYARKOVA, Assen BLATECHKY

Producer(s) : Svetoslav OVCHAROV (OMEGA FILMS), Svetla TSOTSOKROVA (OMEGA FILMS)

Synopsis

A small town in present-day Bulgaria. A mother and her two daughters are struggling to survive. The dreamy and distracted younger daughter often invents stories in order to make life more interesting. Unwittingly, she eventually gets caught in the trap of her own lies and destroys her older sister’s well-ordered materialistic world. While struggling to get to the truth, the two sisters find out the truth about their mother.

Production

Country(ies) : BULGARIA, QATAR

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Festivals and Awards

San Sebastian FF 2019 New Directors
BFI London FF 2019 Journey
Warsaw FF 2019 Competition 1-2
Thessaloniki IFF 2019 Official Selection


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