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THE GOOD DRIVER
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Completed - BULGARIAN, FINNISH, ENGLISH - Drama - 100 minutes

Log Line

While trying to make up for his mistakes and show his wife and his son that he's changed, Ivan, a Bulgarian taxi driver, understands that there are many ways to prove one's worth.

Year of production : 2022

Director(s) : Tonislav HRISTOV
Cast : Malin KRASTEV, Gerasim GEORGIEV, Slava DOYCHEVA, Alma PÖYSTI, , Amos BROTHERUS

Producer(s) : Kaarle AHO (Making Movies), Kai NORDBERG (Making Movies), Rickard OLSSON (Cinenic Film), Annika HELLSTRÖM (Cinenic Film), Erika MALMGREN (Cinenic Film)

Synopsis

Ivan, a Bulgarian taxi driver living at the Golden Sands tourist resort, is saving money in order to go back to Finland to meet his wife and son, and to make amends for his past mistakes.

Money is tight and Ivan is forced to get creative in order to earn faster. This leads him into problems. And if he even gets to another side of Europe, is it possible to fix what has once been broken?

Production

Country(ies) : FINLAND, BULGARIA, SWEDEN

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Festivals and Awards

Thessaloniki IFF 2022
Cottbus 2022
Goteborg FF 2023
GIFF 2023


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