THE WORLD IS BIG AND SALVATION LURKS AROUND THE CORNER
by Stephan Komandarev
synopsis
The story about a Bulgarian boy who grows up to be a German man. After a car accident Alex can't remember even what his name is. In an attempt to cure him from amnesia, his grandfather Bai Dan comes over to Germany and organizes a spiritual journey for his grandson back into his past, to the country where he came from. In changing places, time and transport, crossing half Europe, they play backgammon, the simplest, and yet the most complex of all games. That game leads Alex to the realizations of who he is, and that game is symbolic to the story. Destiny is the dice we hold in our own hands and life is a game on the edge between chance and skill.
international title: | The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner |
original title: | Svetat e golyam i spasenie debne otvsyakade |
country: | Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia |
sales agent: | m-appeal |
year: | 2008 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Stephan Komandarev |
film run: | 105' |
release date: | BG 10/10/2008, PL 20/03/2009, SI 05/05/2009, AT 25/09/2009, DE 01/10/2009, FR 09/06/2010, PT 25/11/2010, ES 29/07/2011 |
screenplay: | Yurii Dachev, Dusan Milic, Stephan Komandarev, Ilija Trojanov |
cast: | Miki Manojlović, Carlo Ljubek, Hristo Mutafchiev, Ana Papadopulu, Lyudmila Cheshmedzhieva, Nikolai Urumov, Blagovest Mutafchiev |
cinematography by: | Emil Christov |
film editing: | Nina Altaparmakova |
art director: | Anastas Yanakiev |
producer: | Stefan Kitanov, Karl Baumgartner, Thanassis Karathanos, András Muhi |
production: | RFF International, Pallas Film GmbH, Inforg-M&M Film, Bntv, Vertigo |
backing: | Euroimages |
distributor: | Art Fest Film Distribution, Solopan, Polyfilm Verleih, Arsenal Filmverleih, Epicentre Films, Atalanta Filmes, Pirámide Films Distribución |