ZHALEIKA
synopsis
For Lora, growing up in a Bulgarian village is a mixture of monumental tedium and hesitant desire. Her existence is determined by rigid religious and social customs, until a radical break drives her to the borders of the small community and beyond. The director captures the claustrophobia of a small town and the vastness of a clever young woman’s emotional world in images which remain with the viewer long after the credits have rolled.
international title: | Zhaleika |
original title: | Zhaleika |
country: | Germany |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Eliza Petkova |
film run: | 92' |
screenplay: | Eliza Petkova |
cast: | Anna Manolova, Snezhina Petrova, Mihail Stoyanov, Maria Klecheva, Stoyko Ivanov, Boyana Georgieva, Asya popova, Márton Nagy |
cinematography by: | Constanze Schmitt |
film editing: | Hannes Marget, Eliza Petkova |
art director: | Hristina Dyakova, Janet Ivanova |
costumes designer: | Waris Klampfer |
music: | Hannes Marget |
producer: | Svetoslav Draganov, Tim Oliver Schultz, Cécile Tollu-Polonowski |