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    Zift

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    2008     Criminal drama    
    Bulgaria
    1h 32min
    Original lang: Bulgarian

    The story unfolds in one night. The main character, Moth is freed on parole after spending time in prison on wrongful conviction of murder. He was thrown in jail shortly before the Bulgarian communist coup of 1944, and now finds himself in a new and alien world -- the totalitarian Sofia of the 60s.

    All hell breaks loose as soon as he walks out of jail. Moth tricks the bloodhounds of the communist state. His first night of freedom the main character spends in a breathtaking chase with time, trying to avoid fate, as he gets closer and closer to his ultimate demise.

    His frantic flight draws the map of a diabolical totalitarian city -- decaying neighborhoods and gloomy streets, the bathhouse, the city canal, the hospital, the cathedral, the pompous works of communist architecture centered around the Mausoleum, smoky joints, bars, and finally -- the graveyard. In the pursuit of truth, Moth runs into a bizarre parade of characters -- agents, medics, barflies, outcasts, gravediggers and other species of the asphalt jungle. The action thickens through avalanching variety of twists and turns, sudden revelations, flashbacks, lies laid bare, hallucinations, and sensual encounters with the former love. Finally, the story ends inside the gravediggers' trailer where the secrets are revealed.

    Directed byJavor Gardev
    Written byVladislav Todorov
    CompanyIFC FilmsIFC FilmsIFC Films

    Starring

    Zahary Baharov
    Tanya Ilieva
    Vladimir Penev
    Mihail Mutafov
    Djoko Rosic
    Tsvetan Dimitrov
    Dimo Alexiev
    Jordan Mutafov
    Hristo Peev
    Vasil Ryahov
    Veselin Mezekliev
    Ivo Krastev
    Dimitar Dimitrov
    Yavor Vesselinov
    Dj Ayvan
    Krum Netzov
    Stefan Stefanov
    Marin Nakov
    Alexander Dimitrov
    Orhan Tair
    Aleksander Iliev
    Stefan Goranov
    Mircho Mirchev
    Iliya Raev
    Mariana Makova
    Petrunka Dimitrova
    Antony Argirov
    Alexander Kadiev
    + MORE

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