“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade,” the proverb goes; but what if life gives you nothing but sour grapes of bottled-up resentment and bitterness? Vasil and Pavel’s strained father-son relationship is only exacerbated following the sudden loss of their wife/mother, who obviously served as a buffer. Things are about to get awkwardly absurd when a hysterical neighbor insists that her beloved late friend has phoned her shortly after passing away. A comedy of redemptive exasperation that tracks the crazy lengths we are willing to go to, so as to unlock the treasures of forgiveness and reconciliation.
The Father
Bashtata
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- Direction: Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva
- Script: Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva
- Cinematography: Krum Rodriguez
- Editing: Petar Valchanov
- Music: Hristo Namliev
- Actors: Ivan Barnev, Ivan Savov, Tanya Shahova, Hristofor Nedkov, Nikolay Todorov, Boyan Doychinov
- Production: Abraxas Film, Graal Films
- Producers: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Konstantina Stavrianou, Irini Vougioukalou
- Co-production: GFC
- Co-producers: Konstantina Stavrianou, Irini Vougioukalou
- Art Direction: Vanina Geleva
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Bulgaria, Greece
- Production Year: 2019
- Duration: 91´
- Contact: Wide, infos@widemanagement.com
- Awards/Distinctions: Crystal Globe for Best Film – Karlovy Vary IFF 2019, Best Director Award, Audience Choice Grand Prix – Sakhalin IFF 2019
Petar Valchanov
Petar Valchanov received his degree in film and television from the National Academy of Theater and Film Arts in Sofia, while Kristina Grozeva studied journalism at the University of Sofia. Their feature debut The Lesson made it to the final three nominees for the Lux Award, bestowed by the European Parliament, while their sophomore feature Glory earned multiple awards in film festivals around the globe. The Father, the third installment in the Bulgarian duo’s filmography, won the Crystal Globe, the most prestigious distinction awarded by the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Filmography
2012 Skok | Jump (short)
2014 Urok | The Lesson
2016 Slava | Glory
2019 Bashtata | The Father
Kristina Grozeva
Kristina Grozeva studied journalism at the University of Sofia, while Petar Valchanov received his degree in film and television from the National Academy of Theater and Film Arts in Sofia. Their feature debut The Lesson made it to the final three nominees for the Lux Award, bestowed by the European Parliament, while their sophomore feature Glory earned multiple awards in film festivals around the globe. The Father, the third installment in the Bulgarian duo’s filmography, won the Crystal Globe, the most prestigious distinction awarded by the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Filmography
2012 Skok | Jump (short)
2014 Urok | The Lesson
2016 Slava | Glory
2019 Bashtata | The Father