Bulgaria, Denmark, France | 2016 | 99′ | Colour | DCP

Dirección/Direction: Ralitza Petrova. Guión/Script: Ralitza Petrova. Fotografía/Cinematography: Krum Rodriguez, Cgayse Irvin. Son/Sound: Monchil Bozhkov, Peter Albrechtsen. Montaxe/Editing: Donka Ivanova, Ralitza Petrova. Intérpretes/Cast: Irena Ivanova, Ivan Nalbantov, Ventzislav Konstantinov, Alexandr Triffonov, Dimitar Petkov. Produción/Production: Rossitsa Valkanova. Produtora/Production Company: Klas Film, Snowglobe, Alcatraz Films, Film Factory.

In a remote Bulgarian town, Gana looks after the elderly with dementia, while trafficking their ID cards on the black market of identity theft. At home, she provides for her jobless mother, with whom she hardly speaks. Her relationship with her car-mechanic boyfriend is no shelter for love either; with sexual attraction vanished, intimacy is reduced to an addiction to morphine.

Festivals:
Locarno International Film Festival 2016 – Golden Leopard for Best Film, Best Actress, Independent Critics Award for Best Director, Ecumenical Award
Stockholm International Film Festival  2016 – Bronze Horse Award for Best Film, Best Actress
Sarajevo Film Festival  2016 –  Special Jury Award. Best Actress

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Ralitza Petrova lives and works between England, Bulgaria, and France. After graduating in fine art, she obtained a degree in filmmaking at the UK’s National Film and Television School. Her short films Rotten Apple (2006) and By the Grace of God (2009) obtained great success at major film festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Locarno, and Toronto. Bezbog is her first feature film.