Zavrashtane

A wonderful movie! One of the best Bulgarian films in the last 20 years. A movie you will want to watch several times, infects you with its charm. Positive showing beautiful Plovdiv!

I saw this film just now. It's an absolute hot mess! The script is very weak story wise. There are many instances where the characters act in completely bizarre ways without any explanation whatsoever. The motivations of the characters remain unclear throughout the film! As a result the film feels quite incoherent and the main characters are actually quite dislikable. The film is very sexist and offensive with its "jokes". There was even one scene, which still perplexes me, because I am genuinely not sure if one of the main characters threatened a female character with rape...I did not find this funny. And since we're on the topic of female characters: completely void of any personality or agency. They are only there to be pretty and provide some reason for the main male characters to be where they are at certain times. There was perhaps one exception, but unfortunately this character was in very few scenes. She actually had the best and most reasonable lines in the film. Acting: a glimpse of competence here and there, but all in all - not good. Direction: NO! I think the director has seen too many bad American films and took all the wrong lessons. Cinematography: I really did not like the camera angles and the way the camera panned really close to the actors faces at times. It just created a sense of drama where there was no need. Editing: So, as I already mentioned the film came across as very incoherent. A collection of scenes that seem disconnected from each other. I'm sure whose fault it was...Perhaps the director had more to do with this than that poor editor..There was one particularly bizarre editing choice which only happened once which seemed very out of place. Sound: Bulgarians cannot do good sound mixing. Period. Music: Overly dramatic and totally annoying at times. I felt like I was watching a 90's high school movie at times! Tone it down, people! Okay, so this review is already too long and probably no one will read it, but I needed to get this out! All this being said: making films is very hard and requires an extraordinary high level of competence. And to make it work as a whole is an enormous challenge and honestly I think I wouldn't have been so angry at this film if it weren't to the downright sexist and pretty offensive script. So there you have it. I hope someone reads this and finds this helpful. Have a good day!

Maybe the best movie that Niki has filmed! I likef it a lot as well as I laughed a lot, really great story with this unexpected moment... Great job to the whole cast and crew! You have to watch it.

Niki Iliev has made a fleet of actors, conscious, eminently enjoyable reunion, where the common karaoke is a process like straight bullets, and where the screenplay has there's casual ease, like the shape of my heart , in the contributions from all stars. Those bulshit is deepest of the green constellations on the stars.!? A funny, tightly plotted, well-conceived comedy that transcends both JCVDs '94s curse and its title "Timecop". Take for example the Rapid Response Corps all parts in Bulgaria. It stopped a long time ago in its homeland - Italy, but here it has been an unprecedented hit for nearly 20 years. It has a large and loyal audience..!? Admirations to all cast & crew.

The film is unique, quite good on the editing side, the mode and as such in the shooting process. The actors play their roles very well.