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Directions poster
A
Excellent
MASTER SCORE 74.6 / 100
2017·Drama·1h 43m

DIRECTIONS

“Bulgaria remains optimistic, mainly because all the realists and pessimists have left”

A road movie set in present day Bulgaria, a country remains optimistic, mainly because all the realists and pessimists have left. At a meeting with his banker, a small business owner, who drives a cab to make ends meet, discovers the bribe he will have to pay to get a loan has doubled. The ethics board that reviewed his complaint about extortion now wants its share of the action. At his wit's end, he shoots the banker and then himself. The incident sparks national debate on talk radio about how despair has taken over civil society. Meanwhile, six taxi drivers and their passengers move through the night, each in hope of finding a brighter way forward.

Above the Line
Stephan Komandarev·DirectorSimeon Ventsislavov·WriterStephan Komandarev·WriterVesselin Hristov·Director of PhotographyTobias Adam·SoundNina Altaparmakova·Editor
Cast
Ivan Barnev·VladoGeorgi Kadurin·PopovBorislava Stratieva·LoraAnna Komandareva·NikolVasil Banov·KostaStefan Denolyubov·NikolaTroyan Gogov·PetarVasil Vasilev-Zueka·MishoJulian Vergov·RumenGerasim Georgiev·Mitko
Full Crew
(14 credits)
Directing· 1
Stephan Komandarev·Director
Writing· 2
Simeon Ventsislavov·WriterStephan Komandarev·Writer
Camera· 1
Vesselin Hristov·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Nina Altaparmakova·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Tobias Adam·Sound
Art & Design· 2
Žaklina Krstevska·Costume DesignMartin Pavlovski·Makeup Artist
Production· 6
Vladimir Anastasov·ProducerStephan Komandarev·ProducerAngela Nestorovska·ProducerKatya Trichkova·ProducerVera Weit·ProducerStelios Ziannis·Producer
By the Numbers
74.6
OF 100
Master Score
7.5
OF 10
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