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In this earnest movie from Bulgaria, the minds of the young people attending a Young Pioneer (communist youth) camp in the 1950s are shown to be easily molded into a conformist vein. Later, at a "voluntary labor" camp in the 1960s, the final touches are put on their education as proper young communists.
A retelling of a crucial story of Bulgaria's troubled times based on the memoirs of Zahariy Stoyanov
The action takes place during the socialist period in Bulgaria. The central character, nicknamed the Cock is an artistic personality, a man of strong character known as the king of the pickpockets. His keen sense of personal freedom comes up against the universally accepted norms of behavior. The Cock likes a game, adventure and danger, while socialist society needs obedience. The Cock makes a stand against this order; he does not want to play his games according to rules. He is telling his story of two decades: his imprisonment and his love affairs.
A story about a writer and a young poetess
The beginning of the 20th century. A village in the mountain. The young barrel maker Liyu is to be examined by the local craftsmen. They approve the barrel he has made, blindfold. They give him "the craftsman's belt". At the beginning, nobody considers him a master.
The film goes beyond the traditional facade of sport's battle for medals and explores the ethical dimensions of the efforts of the trainer and her modern and rhythmic gymnastics competitors, the price of success, the meaning of hard labor and Golgotha's vocation.The film reveals the hardships of the daily training routine of a rhythmic gymnastics group, repeating their moves over and over again while working towards perfection. There are short interviews with Neshka Robeva and Lilly Ignatova. We can see ambition and envy, the secret workings of being a referee at the European Championship in Wien, the impact of politics in sports completions favoring the USSR... The three girls on the winner's podium - Aneliya Ralenkova, Dilyana Georgieva and Lilly Ignatova, are seen at the end holding hands.
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A tragic comedy about an orphan girl who knows nothing better than the animal way but at the end comes to realize her only chance - to be human.