Glory, Bulgaria's official entry in the foreign-language Oscar race.
Though Petar Valchanov and his wife and co-director, Kristina Grozeva, didn't set out to channel Kafka, he says, "Kafka is very much the reality in Bulgaria."
The directing team's second narrative feature, Glory tells the story of Tzanko Petrov (Stefan Denolyubov), a railway lineman with an innate idealism, a terrible stutter and a thick beard he cannot shave because he "made an oath," the backstory of which is never revealed. Each day, Tzanko wakes...
Though Petar Valchanov and his wife and co-director, Kristina Grozeva, didn't set out to channel Kafka, he says, "Kafka is very much the reality in Bulgaria."
The directing team's second narrative feature, Glory tells the story of Tzanko Petrov (Stefan Denolyubov), a railway lineman with an innate idealism, a terrible stutter and a thick beard he cannot shave because he "made an oath," the backstory of which is never revealed. Each day, Tzanko wakes...
- 12/11/2017
- by Shannon L. Bowen
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Glory” screened at the 2016 Locarno Film Festival. Now, the drama by writing/directing duo Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov will open at New York City’s Film Forum on April 12. The story is a follow-up to the duo’s 2014 award-winning drama “The Lesson,” which was the first feature film the two worked on together.
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“Glory” follows Tzanko Petrov (Stefan Denolyubov), a shy and solitary railroad worker in Bulgaria who discovers a large sum of cash on the tracks and turns it in to the authorities. When the head of PR for the Transport Ministry, Julia Staikova (Margita Gosheva), uses him as a “national hero” to divert attention from a corruption scandal, Tzanko’s life gets turned upside down and he ends up being ridiculed nationally.
“Glory” (“Slava” in Bugarian) is the...
Read More: ‘For Here or to Go?’ Trailer: Timely Drama Shows the Dangers of an Expiring Work Visa — Watch
“Glory” follows Tzanko Petrov (Stefan Denolyubov), a shy and solitary railroad worker in Bulgaria who discovers a large sum of cash on the tracks and turns it in to the authorities. When the head of PR for the Transport Ministry, Julia Staikova (Margita Gosheva), uses him as a “national hero” to divert attention from a corruption scandal, Tzanko’s life gets turned upside down and he ends up being ridiculed nationally.
“Glory” (“Slava” in Bugarian) is the...
- 3/2/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
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