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Completed - BULGARIAN - Drama - 110 minutes

Log Line

In a small Bulgarian town Nadezhda, a young teacher, is looking for the robber in her class so she can teach him a lesson about right and wrong. But when she gets in debt to loan sharks, can she find the right way out herself?

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2015 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Kristina GROZEVA, Petar VALCHANOV
Writer(s) : Petar VALCHANOV, Kristina GROZEVA
Cast : Margita GOSHEVA, Ivan BURNEV

Producer(s) : Kristina GROZEVA (ABRAXAS FILM LTD), Kostantina STAVRIANOU (GRAAL), Petar VALCHANOV (ABRAXAS FILM LTD), Eirini VOUGIOUKALOU (GRAAL), Magdelena ILIEVA (Little Wings)

Synopsis

Nadezhda warns her students that the school thief is in her sights. She declares that once she catches him his classmates will get their breakfast money back, and she’ll teach him a “good lesson”. On her return home, Nadezhda is surprised by another problem - an officer of the court threatens her with foreclosure. Her husband has missed several loan repayments for the cargo truck he bought intending to repair it and sell it. Now the entire loan has to be paid immediately so Nadezdha borrows money from a loan shark expecting to return it on the sale of the truck. But time flies and the truck is beyond repair. There’s no way to pay back the loan shark, and he starts pressuring Nadezhda. She scrambles for money, but to no avail. The truck, the house, her mother’s golden tooth crowns – nothing is enough. The loan shark threatens to hurt her child if she doesn’t find the cash. Terrified and desperate, Nadezhda robs a bank. She pays back the loan shark. And she finds out who the school robber is. But now has no idea what kind of lesson to teach him.

Production

Country(ies) : BULGARIA, GREECE

ARGENTINA Oct 13, 2016 MIRADA DISTRIBU
CROATIA KINO MEDITERAN
CROATIA MEDITERRANEAN F
ESTONIA MENUFILMID
FRANCE Sep 09, 2015 ZED
HUNGARY Nov 05, 2015 MOZINET LTD.
IRELAND Dec 04, 2015 ACCESS CINEMA
ITALY Aug 20, 2015 CINEAMA
ITALY I WONDER PICTUR
NETHERLAND ARTI FILM
NORWAY STORYTELLING ME
POLAND Jul 17, 2015 BOMBA FILM
SPAIN LA AVENTURA AUD
SWEDEN STARLET MEDIA A
UNITED KIN NEW WAVE FILMS
USA FILM MOVEMENT


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Festivals and Awards

san sebastian 2014 (Kuxta - New Directors Award)
Toronto - TIFF 2014 (World Premiere)


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