OFFICIAL SELECTION COMPETITION 2009
EASTERN PLAYS
EASTERN PLAYS DIRECTOR Kamen Kalev DURATION 89 min YEAR OF RELEASE 2009 SCREENPLAY Kamen Kalev CINEMATOGRAPHY Julian Atanassov CAST Christo Christov, Ovanes Torosian, Saadet Aksoy, Nikolina Iancheva, Ivan Nalbantov, Krasimira Demirova, Hatice Aslan, Kerem Atabeyoglu, Alexander Radanov, Angela Nedialkova, Kaloyan Lenkov, Velislav Pavlov, Ivan Penchev, Dr. Ivan Vitkov, Yosif Shamli PRODUCERS Kamen Kalev, Stefan Piryov, Fredric Zander PRODUCTION Waterfront Film, Film i Väst, Chimney Pot CO-PRODUCTION Anguel Christanov, Thomas Eskilsson SALES AGENT Memento Films International COUNTRIES Bulgaria, Sweden ORIGINAL VERSION Bulgarian, Turkish, English COMMITTEE DROI, EMPL
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Two brothers who have lost all contact are suddenly brought together when they play opposing roles in a racist attack. While Georgi, who has recently joined a neonazi group, participates in the violence, Itso witnesses the attack and rescues the Turkish family. Georgi, now being asked to participate in larger events, starts to question his involvement in the group and Itso wonders if the beautiful Turkish girl he saved could be his ticket out of his sad life in Sofia. Only by being reunited will the two brothers be able to assess what they really want from life.