A Dose of Happiness

One of the few movies making me feel this way. During the whole story I was emotional. I was going to cry and at the end of the movie I couldn't stop the tears. It was brilliant, including the part that as an addict you won't find much support except that one or two people who love you. The only thing it wasn't mentioned was that most of people can't stop with methadone program and they are on it whole life.

I have never watched a movie made with so much love and deep massage... it is so moving it kept me thinking about the story weeks after I watched it. I kept crying almost all the time yet I felt so inspired and full of bless and bliss! I highly recommend!

A film with a mission! Despite the hard subject of this movie, it's gifted with hope and light, without making it less thoughtful! It's not like any other film i've watched about drug addictions! There's no gloomy, moody colours to addition to cinematography! Those usually are seen in drugs-related movies, which I personally don't like at all! Brilliant work of the DoP Martin Balkansky. Yana Titova (director) did a fine and amazing job taking you through the real-life story that grabs you and leaves you speechless after that tough journey. And this is her debut future!! What to follow?! Valentina Karoleva is a super star! Can't believe she was able to play her mum's real story and went through that trauma from her childhood again! Amazing cast! Remarkable actors! Only thing I was missing was the massive fight with the addiction, but at the other hand this is exploited a thousand times, so actually saves you the pain. The message comes through very powerful anyway. And not to forget - this is Fully Independent Project! The producers should of been brave! Hope more people will watch it and the film will complete the mission of saving lives. Good luck!

Great story inspired by real life events, combined with amazing actors and powerful pictures. Touching and with cause.

Yes, people, go watch "A Dose of Happiness"! I can't fall sleep after I've watched it because this is a true phenomenon for Bulgarian cinema. I'm ashamed I went to congratulate the cast and crew while I was crying. Terrible... A grown-up woman like me, crying like a school girl. I'm not like that. I'm a serious, controlled, all in black, pseudointellectual (without the cigarette and the vodka bottle - a joke about the other pseudointellectuals). But there's something in you, some kind of a drive that doesn't let you go free and makes you say something, but you can't because you're crying, helpless. Thank you for making me feel this helplessness! I don't like feeling that way and being that way. But this helplessness was a great moment for my body and soul! Everyone will find something for themselves in this film. Everyone will be impressed by different things. You'll see, you'll understand. Do you know what's best? I can say this is an art-house film with a solid message, beautiful and touching story. It felt like European cinema with a Hollywood ending. Because I'm sick and tired of art messed up films which you think you've understood and want to talk about but you actually can't because it was just an artistic nonsense. No! "A Dose of Happiness" is unambiguous, with psychologically real characters, there's sensitivity, emotions, and feelings! There's Love and God! There's Truth! There's Power! There's a Reason that stays with you! And Valentina Karoleva is... Words can't describe my feelings about her. And I'd better not attempt it then. Thank you, Valentina! Thank you, Yana Titova! Thank you, Aleksandar Aleksiev! Thank you, Martin Balkansky! Thank you, Dimitar Nikolov, you theatre machine! Thanks to all the people who'd given a dose of their lives to give us a dose of happiness in this times, deprived of simple reason.