Ruth Spassova Movies
- 1986
In an intriguing drama with no winners at the end, Andreev (Filip Trifonov) is a young and aspiring lawyer who takes on the job of local magistrate in a small town. His curiosity is piqued when he finds out the man who preceded him as magistrate is now in prison. After he starts to innocently investigate the reason why, he comes up against evasion and double-talk from anyone he approaches. Now really onto the case, he unearths evidence that the mayor of the town is more guilty than innocent. Yet when everyone, even the imprisoned man, asks him to drop his inquiries he stubbornly continues on. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Boris Loukanov, Lyubomir Kabakchiev, (more)
- 1981
Reality drops into focus on several levels in this story of Kiril (Dimiter Ganev), a student filmmaker recording the construction of a building project directed by his father. His purpose is to submit his film essay as a requirement in the entrance exams for the film school at Sofia -- exams he has failed twice now. As his believably amateur, true-to-life vignettes of the history of the construction project are reviewed, everything from the strange to the comic emerges: a pop-band in need of talent, administrative meetings, and workers in amusing situations on the job. Just as Kiril is about ready to splice together some sort of coherent narrative, his father is fired from his position and the irate workers are blaming the filming for that fiasco. Although Kiril has some hard knocks coming yet, he is not about to turn tail and become an accountant. As a final reality check, the real-life director Ivan Pavlov graduated from the film school in Sofia and this is his first feature-length film. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
