Political drama around the transition of Bulgaria from socialistic state to western capitalism.
The story follows the life of two friends from acting school, one successful actor in the national theatre, the other high-rank officer in the state secret police. Trough personal drama, high hopes, lies, love and betrayal, to movie goes from 1988 to 1995. Following the fall of socialistic era and the mechanisms with witch the high party officials and secret police kept the political and economical control in Bulgaria.
The movie is poorly based on real events and people. The staging and realism is good in general, the viewer can appreciate the effort of the crew to recreate the era.
The casting is also great. Everybody fit perfectly in the role.
But....
The movie was too slow and to dramatic to be as good as it could be.
The tempo was horrible. Majority of the the scenes were over reacted with emotions and performance.
Also the sound was bad - it was difficult to understand some of the lines.
In conclusion I feel sorry for the lost potential.
