A huge spruce is cut down in the mountains to be used as a Christmas tree in the center of Sofia. As it is transported across the country it becomes the link between six stories that explore celebration or the luck of celebration in the everyday lives of the protagonists. The structure of the film is fragmentary, as our life is these days and the stories resemble snapshots of e...
At the airport, Slavi tells his life's story to a young customs officer. As children, Nelly promises Slavi to marry him. The two teenagers are passionately in love with each other but after some time Nelly falls in love with another guy. Slavi takes up drinking and gets into trouble with the Bulgarian militia (police) because of his family background. This is when he decides to...
This film is about the varied and extraordinary life of a banker descended from a family of bankers -Boris Skarlatov, in the years 1912 -1944. It includes rise and fall; shady and suspicious deals in capitalism's initial stages. A story is pervaded by love and hatred, dominated by strong men and beautiful women, intrigues and adventures.
The film is an anti-fairy-tale. If normal fairy-tales begin with "Once upon a time", this one has to start with "Once upon a no-time". The heroes of this anti-fairy-tale are a man and a young woman, who used to be classmates a long time ago. Their present meeting is neither accidental, nor wished for, but it happens to be fatal, because love comes. A little bit odd, as a matter...