Bulgarian cinema with Stefan Danailov on the occasion of his 80th anniversary of his birth: “After the End of the World”

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The Bulgarian Cultural Institute London is pleased to invite you on the 28th of January 2023 to Bulgarian cinema with Stefan Danailov on the occasion of his 80th anniversary of his birth, with the following film screenings:

2:00 PM – 4:30 PM

“Boris I – The Last Pagan”, 1984, Director: Borislav Sharaliev

5:00 PM – 6:52 PM

“After the End of the World”, 1998, Director: Ivan Nichev

7:00 PM – 8:34 PM

“Bay Ganyo Goes Around Europe”, 1991, Director: Ivan Nichev

“After the End of the World”

Drama, 1998, 112′

Language: Bulgarian, with English subtitles

Director:Ivan Nichev

Script:Angel Wagenstein

DOP:Georgi Nikolov

Music:Stefan Dimitrov

Cast:Stefan Danailov, Katerina Didaskalo, Vasil Mijailov, Tatyana Lolova, Georgi Kaloianchev, Georgi Rusev, Nikola Korabov, Athina Papas, Iorgos Tzitzopolus, Vasil Vasilev Zueka

This is a funny and woeful story, resembling an old Jewish anecdote, aiming to wrap a comical framework around the dark side of life. At the time, the poorest neighborhood of Plovdiv (an ancient town in Bulgaria) represented a unique European recess, a realm of perfect ethnic harmony among Bulgarians, Armenians, Turks, Jews, Gypsies and Greeks. A priest, a rabbi and a hodjah and an Antichrist nicknamed the Boozer are smitten with the same full-bosomed Turkish woman. Along with their rivalry, squabbles and good fellowship a Jewish boy and an Armenian girl fall in love for the first time. The political winds of the era will blow away the idyll separating the 12-year-old lovers. After many years, the Jew and the Armenian woman meet again in a different world.