Finished

Blaga's Lessons

What is it about?

Blaga (70) – a retired teacher, falls victim to a phone scam and loses the money saved for hers and her late husband’s dream grave. In order to collect the sum again, Blaga contacts the phone scammers and starts working for them as a “mule”. The once resilient and honest woman slowly starts sacrificing all of her principles.

Direction

Stephan Komandarev

Script

Simeon Ventsislavov, Stephan Komandarev

Camera

Vesselin Hristov

Actors

Eli Skorcheva (Blaga), Ivailo Hristov (Boyan), Stefan Denoliobov (Georgi), Gerasim Georgiev (Liudmil), Rozalia Abgarian (Tanya), Ivan Barnev (Inspector Iliev)

Production

Argo Film (BG), 42film GmbH (DE)

Funding

Bulgarian National Film Center, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), Eurimages, MEDIA - Creative Europe

Genre

Drama

Language

Bulgarian

Countries

Bulgaria, Germany

Year

2023

Runtime

114 min.

Cinema Release

25.01.2024

State

Finished