SummarySvetla, a strong-willed widow, lives alone in a small Bulgarian village close to the Turkish border. She has recently lost her job as a teacher due to the lack of families with young children. One day, while hunting in a forest, she encounters an African refugee, Bamba, who is trying to reach Germany, and will bring about a dramatic turn in her l... Read More
Directed By:Ivaylo Hristov
Written By:Ivaylo Hristov
Fear
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Mar 10, 2022
80
In the end, Fear offers the most beguiling kind of plea for tolerance, via antic suggestion that any other behavior is strictly for dolts whose mob mentality makes them look very stupid indeed. It’s a lesson that goes down easily with this much deadpan charm and skill on tap.
Mar 7, 2022
75
Fear can’t help but cover familiar immigrant narrative ground. But Hristov and his characters maintain a deadpan drollery that makes this grimmer take on the migrant’s plight and Eastern Europe’s often hateful backwardness play as lighter than it really is.
Mar 10, 2022
60
The director, Ivaylo Hristov, is adept at slow-burning suspense and comic misdirection.
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Production Company:
- Profilm
Release Date:Mar 11, 2022
Duration:1 h 40 m
Awards
Palm Springs International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
