A mother and her two daughters are struggling to get by in modern-day Bulgaria. Rayna along with her older sister and their mother make figurines and utensils sold to travelers and passers-by. Spending her days in the ramshackle workshop, Rayna is constantly pinning lies, yearning to splash some color in her otherwise dull and grey life. Soon enough, though, her fabrications begin to cross all moral lines, jeopardizing her family’s well being. A harsh film combining social portrait, psychological thriller and family drama in a tale that lies its way to the truth.
Sister
Sestra
60th TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Svetla Tsotsorkova
- Script: Svetoslav Ovcharov, Svetla Tsotsorkova
- Cinematography: Vesselin Hristov
- Editing: Svetla Tsotsorkova
- Sound: Valeria Popova
- Music: Hristo Namliev
- Actors: Monika Naydenova, Svetlana Yancheva, Elena Zamyarkova, Assen Blatechky
- Production: Omega Films
- Producers: Svetoslav Ovcharov, Svetla Tsotsokrova
- Co-production: Doha Film Institute
- Costumes: Mira Kalanova
- Sets: Mira Kalanova
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Bulgaria, Qatar
- Production Year: 2019
- Duration: 99´
- Contact: Film Republic, info@filmrepublic.biz
- Awards/Distinctions: Special Mention (New Directors Award) – San Sebastián IFF 2019
Svetla Tsotsorkova
Filmography
2015 Thirst (fiction)
2019 Sister (fiction)
2022 Hero of our Time (co-direction)
2019 Sister (fiction)
2022 Hero of our Time (co-direction)