WOMEN DO CRY
by Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva
synopsis
A mother stork is shot down from a chimney. A postnatal woman nearly jumps off a balcony. A girl contracts HIV from an adulterous partner. A woman applies make-up to two kittens. A mother looks for magic in the lunar calendar. These events are commonplace for this seemingly normal family, revealing the fine line they live between fragility and absurdity. In the meantime, their country Bulgaria is shaken up by anti-gender and anti-equality protests with an undercurrent of violence. These women are united by a shared trauma, but now they are ready to confront their father’s troubling past. Based on a true story.
international title: | Women Do Cry |
original title: | Women Do Cry |
country: | Bulgaria, France |
sales agent: | mk2 films |
year: | 2021 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva |
film run: | 107' |
screenplay: | Bilyana Kazakova, Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva |
cast: | Maria Bakalova, Ralitsa Stoyanova, Ekaterina Kazakova, Bilyana Kazakova, Vesela Kazakova, Iossif Surchadzhiev |
cinematography by: | Lionel Kopp, Dimitar Kostov |
film editing: | Donka Ivanova |
music: | Andy Cowton |
producer: | Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva |
co-producer: | Christophe Bruncher, Olivier Père |
production: | Activist38, Ici et Là Productions, ARTE France Cinéma |
backing: | Eurimages |
distributor: | Eurozoom |