Diana Dobreva Movies
- 2007
A nameless orphan (Vladamir Georgiev) serving as the semi-official director of the cemetery in which he was raised lives his life among the dead in writer/director Ilian Simenov's somber drama. The orphan has spent nearly his whole life on the well-fed grounds of the vast cemetery he resides over. Aside from the silent masses who dwell beneath the earth, the only friends that the orphan has are mortuary make-up artist Ivan (Samuel Fintzi) and old man Angel (Itzhak Fintzi). When Angel's longtime adversary arrives as the cemetery to be prepared for burial, the elderly man is able to breathe easy for the first time in nearly thirty years. As the orphan begins to have a premonition that someone will die within ten days time, the deceased's daughter Maria (Diana Dobreva) befriends the boy and begins to suspect that Angel may in fact be her biological father. As the army begins bringing in piles of war casualties for burial under the cold dark cloak of night, the folks who spend their lives among the dead soon begin to feel the specter of death looming ever closer on the horizon. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Diana Dobreva, Vladko Georgiev, (more)
- 2007
A Serbian smuggler living in Trieste, Italy, and specializing in knock-off brand cigarettes makes the fateful decision to accept a larger-than-usual shipment in director Nora Hoppe's slow-burning study of human trafficking and immigration. On days when the rolling fog provides him with enough cover to set out to sea undetected, small-time cigarette smuggler Todor readies his boat and collects his cargo. The shipments are generally small, but provide enough income for Todor to comfortably exist outside of the law. One day, Todor reluctantly accepts a substantially larger cargo than usual and gets curious enough to open the crate. Inside, he finds something that he never expected: a drugged and wounded woman who has obviously fallen prey to some very nasty people. Incredibly moved by the sight of the beautiful and defenseless woman, Todor boldly fills the crate with rocks, ships the crate to his client, and does his best to tend to the ailing woman's wounds. Though at first the woman is frightened of Todor, she gradually comes to realize that he means her no harm. Later, Todor procures the woman's passport and asks her to run away with him. Unfortunately for both of them, Todor's clients are less than pleased to discover that they have been duped and soon come looking to settle the score. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Miki Manojlovic, Diana Dobreva, (more)
- 2006
Filmmaker Milena Andonova takes a compassionate look at the tragic lives of three women from three separate generations in this downbeat drama that screened at the 2006 London Film Festival. Dona (Bonka Ilieva-Boni) is a single mother of three who lives in the suburbs of Sofia in the early 1960s. Desperate to hold on to the few possessions she has after being abandoned by her boyfriend and threatened by local bailiffs, Dona agrees to a match with an elderly spouse only to discover that her new husband is a reprehensible pedophile. Flash forward to 1981 and law student Lucretia (Diana Dobreva) is attempting to get impregnated by another student so she won't have to move back to the countryside following graduation. Upon achieving her goal, however, Lucretia resorts to desperate measures as a means of keeping her boyfriend after she begins to doubt his love and mistakenly view her pregnancy as an obstacle. In the third and final story, the wife (Angelina Slavova of a wealthy real estate tycoon watches their once-happy life together slowly slip into discontent when it's revealed that her powerful husband is infertile. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bonka Iieva-Boni, Diana Dobreva, (more)
