German Lessons

OT: Urotsi Po Nemski

Pavel Vesnakov // Bulgaria, Germany, 2020
Fiction Feature // FF2021

Story

One last day in in Sofia: at the centre of this Bulgarian drama, co-produced in Hamburg, stands a muscular anti-hero, who is taking his leave of his home country. Nikola, a man of around 50, is unhappy with his shattered life. He sees his future in Germany. But before he tries a new start there, he’d like to achieve closure with his past. Nikola sets off on a farewell tour of the city to save relationships that are important to him. In so doing, he reveals the paradoxes in his emotional world: everything that links him to his home is at the same time a reason to leave.

Director

PAVEL G. VESNAKOV (*1987 in Sofia) is a graduate of the New Bulgarian University. German Lessons is his debut feature and won the Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Sofia International Film Festival.

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Info

Original title: Urotsi Po Nemski

Film type: Fiction Feature

Original language: Bulgarian

Section: Kaleidoskop//FF2021

Production country: Bulgaria, Germany

Produced: 2020

Runtime: 100 min

Language and subtitles: OV with German subtitles

Director: Pavel Vesnakov

Screenplay: Pavel Vesnakov

Cast: Julian Vergov, Vasil Banov, Elena Telbis, Meglena Karalambova, Stefka Yanorova

Producer: Sebastian Weyland, Knut Jäger, Manfred Giesecke, Orlin Ruevski, Monica Balcheva

DoP: Orlin Ruevski

Sound: Svetlozar Georgiev

Editor: Pavel Vesnakov, Victoria Radoslavova

Production design: Severina Stoyanova

Costume design: Marieta Spasova

Casting: Svetlana Yancheva

Production Company: Moviemento Ltd.

Co-Production: Heimathafen Film & Media GmbH; Jäger Films

Film contact: Sebastian Weyland, Heimathafen Film & Media GmbH: sw@heimathafenfilm.de

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