Eastern Plays
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Itso (left) and Georgi (right) conversing
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| Directed by | Kamen Kalev |
| Produced by | Kamen Kalev & Stefan Piryov (Waterfront Film) Film i Väst Fredrik Zander (The Chimney Pot) |
| Written by | Kamen Kalev |
| Starring | Hristo Hristov Ovanes Torosyan Saadet Aksoy Nikolina Yancheva |
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Republiken Memento Films International Epicentre Films (France) Bir Film (Turkey) Kinokuniya (Japan) Mermaid Film (Japan) |
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83 minutes |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Language | Bulgarian |
Eastern Plays (Bulgarian: Източни пиеси, Iztochni piesi) is a 2009 Bulgarian drama film. The feature-length debut of young Bulgarian director, La Fémis graduateKamen Kalev, Eastern Plays features Hristo Hristov, Ovanes Torosyan, Saadet Aksoy and Nikolina Yancheva. The film debuted at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival's Directors' Fortnight, though regular showings in Bulgaria began on 16 October 2009.
Eastern Plays is the story of two alienated brothers, Hristo or Itso (Hristo Hristov), an artist woodcarver who is struggling with his methadone addiction, and Georgi (Ovanes Torosyan), a high school student who is dragged into a neo-Nazi gang. The central point of the film is an ethnically motivated attack by Georgi's neo-Nazi gang on a Turkish family from Istanbul, who are spending the night in Sofia en route to Germany. While Georgi initially participates in the beating, he is frightened and runs away. Itso, who had seen the family at a restaurant while he dined with his now-ex-girlfriend Niki (Nikolina Yancheva), ends up intervening and saving the family, including the beautiful daughter Işıl (Saadet Işıl Aksoy). In his developing feelings for Işıl, Itso sees hope of a positive change in his destiny, while Georgi's actions and his brother's help make him question his philosophy and reconsider his outlook on life.
As well a screenwriter and director, Kamen Kalev co-produced the movie along with Stefan Pirjov through their partnership production company Waterfront Film. Other film production houses that co-produced the movies were 'Chimney Pot', the Swedish 'Film i Väst' and 'Art Eternal' (Bulgaria).
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