Tanya Shahova Movies

Eager to prove herself to her colleagues and family, the sole female detective on the Sofia Police Force attempts to crack on an especially perplexing missing persons case. A local man has vanished without a trace. Though the police have no solid evidence with which to convict him, they suspect that the man's brother Plamen (Krassimir Dokov) may have played a crucial role in the crime, and swiftly bring him in for questioning. Though the Chief Inspector (Kliment Denchev) is doubtful that fledgling investigator Alexandra Yakimova (Svetlana Yancheva) has what it takes to elicit a confession, he nevertheless gives her three weeks to do so before letting Plamen walk free. The only problem now lies in the fact that Plamen seems to have taken a vow of silence, and as the chasm between Alexandra and her family grows ever wider due to her obsession with the case, it begins to appear as if the case is slipping between her fingers. Later, as Alexandra and her assistant Ludmil (Dejan Donkov) set out to question Plamen's family and co-workers once again, she begins to wonder if the suspect will finally talk if given a chance to see his wife Nusha (Tanya Shahova). Much to her surprise, Plamen and Nusha seem to share a truly heartfelt relationship, a revelation that prompts a frustrated Alexandra to get a bit more creative with her investigatory techniques. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

The Big Night Bathe sets people who are drifting without a direction, tending to indulge their whims, against people who might -- but will probably not -- fall into the same pattern. Jeanne (Malgozata Braunek) and her ex-husband Willy (Youazas Boudraitis) head a group of profligates during a summer's vacation on the Black Sea coast. Several in the group are bored as a way of life and are close to intolerable to each other. Among them is the spoiled son of an important government official. Opposite in temperament, age, and character, is a pair formed by Sava, a young history student (Nikolar Sotirov) and Ninelle (Yanina Kasheva), his somewhat innocent friend. Before the events that were to mark the "big night bathe" in the minds of the protagonists forever, Sava has to suddenly return home to be with his dying mother. He is exempt from the group's folly, but Ninelle is not. After spending the afternoon in back-biting, the disparate members in the group eat crayfish on the beach, and then go for a midnight swim. It is just after the swim that the men are goaded into playing a macabre and dangerous game in which they stick their head in a noose while standing on a rock. When someone knocks the rock out from under them, they must cut the noose before it has a chance to tighten and either snap their neck or strangle them to death. One of the men does not make it. By the time the police have finished with their investigation, the death was deemed "an accident." Ninelle cannot tolerate the memory of what she has seen and leaves for Sava's village in order to unburden her grief. The reaction of the protagonists to the unnecessary death, and Ninelle's personal decisions, bring the issue of a "meaningless life" to the forefront. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide