“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade,” the proverb goes; but what if life gives you nothing but sour grapes of bottled-up resentment and bitterness? Vasil and Pavel’s strained father-son relationship is only exacerbated following the sudden loss of their wife/mother, who obviously served as a buffer. Things are about to get awkwardly absurd when a hysterical neighbor insists that her beloved late friend has phoned her shortly after passing away. A comedy of redemptive exasperation that tracks the crazy lengths we are willing to go to, so as to unlock the treasures of forgiveness and reconciliation.
The Father
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- Direction: Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva
- Script: Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva
- Cinematography: Krum Rodriguez
- Editing: Petar Valchanov
- Music: Hristo Namliev
- Actors: Ivan Barnev, Ivan Savov, Tanya Shahova, Hristofor Nedkov, Nikolay Todorov, Boyan Doychinov
- Production: Abraxas Film, Graal Films
- Producers: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Konstantina Stavrianou, Irini Vougioukalou
- Co-production: GFC
- Co-producers: Konstantina Stavrianou, Irini Vougioukalou
- Art Direction: Vanina Geleva
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Bulgaria, Greece
- Production Year: 2019
- Duration: 91´
- Contact: Wide, infos@widemanagement.com
- Awards/Distinctions: Crystal Globe for Best Film – Karlovy Vary IFF 2019, Best Director Award, Audience Choice Grand Prix – Sakhalin IFF 2019
Petar Valchanov
Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov are the creative duo behind some of the most internationally acclaimed Bulgarian films of the last decade – The Lesson (2014), Glory (2016) and The Father (2019). Their partnership started back at the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts, where they concurrently studied directing under renowned Bulgarian directors Georgi Djulgerov and Ludmil Staikov, respectively. Petar and Kristina quickly discovered a common sensitivity for the themes, characters and style they wanted to explore through cinema. In 2009 they founded their production company Abraxas Film, through which they have been producing all of their films.
Filmography
2004 Vazkresenie (short)
2008 Semeyna terapiya (short)
2010 Avariyno katzane (co-direction)
2014 The Lesson (co-direction)
2016 Glory (co-direction)
2019 The Father (co-direction)
2024 Triumph (co-direction)
2008 Semeyna terapiya (short)
2010 Avariyno katzane (co-direction)
2014 The Lesson (co-direction)
2016 Glory (co-direction)
2019 The Father (co-direction)
2024 Triumph (co-direction)
Kristina Grozeva
Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov are the creative duo behind some of the most internationally acclaimed Bulgarian films of the last decade – The Lesson (2014), Glory (2016) and The Father (2019). Their partnership started back at the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts, where they concurrently studied directing under renowned Bulgarian directors Georgi Djulgerov and Ludmil Staikov, respectively. Petar and Kristina quickly discovered a common sensitivity for the themes, characters and style they wanted to explore through cinema. In 2009 they founded their production company Abraxas Film, through which they have been producing all of their films.
Filmography
2004 Toshka i Toshko (short)
2006 Igra (short)
2010 Avariyno katzane (co-direction)
2014 The Lesson (co-direction)
2016 Glory (co-direction)
2019 The Father (co-direction)
2024 Triumph (co-direction)
2006 Igra (short)
2010 Avariyno katzane (co-direction)
2014 The Lesson (co-direction)
2016 Glory (co-direction)
2019 The Father (co-direction)
2024 Triumph (co-direction)
