The Fate as a Rat - СЪДБАТА КАТО ПЛЪХ

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Comedy, 2002, Color, 78min., Language: Bulgarian/English Sub.
Also Known As: Sudbata kato pluh

Directed by: Ivan Pavlov
Written by: Konstantin Pavlov
Director of Photography: Svetlana Ganeva
Production Designer: Anastas Yanakyev
Music: Bojidar Petkov

Cast: Ivaylo Hristov, Hristo Garbov, Valentin Tanev, Alexander Doynov, Ivan Savov, Ivan Radoev, Svetla Yancheva, Sophie Duez, Verica Nedeska, Vassil Mihajlov, Itzhak Finzi, Tzvetana Maneva

Academy Awards: USA 2002 (Foreign Film Submission)

Festivals: Palm Springs 2002, Berlin 2002: Forum, Shanghai 2002, Pesaro 2002, La Rochelle2002, Karlovy Vary 2002, Montreal World 2002, Quebec 2002, Thessaloniki 2002

Synopsis: This is a harsh, ironic, paradoxical story about a group of friends in their mid-40s who live in a small seaport town, without any value system in their relationships. Their lifestyle is rough, their notions of human dignity, friendship and duty are confused and primitive. They live from hand to mouth, making a living by stealing rocks from quarries. The lives of the friends become even more difficult when their plots of land are taken away from them to make way for a resort village. One of the characters then deliberately sets off an e-plosion at the new harbour being built as part of the village. In the cellar of his house lives a rat which accidentally sets off the explosives, and the blast kills almost everyone in the house. The only survivors are a pregnant woman, a madman, and a child. The rat then leaves, safe and sound, clinging to one of the life vests of the 'Fortune'. Ivan Pavlov: "This picture has to convey hope and skepticism, irony and sadness, joy and sorrow, comedy and tragedy. Constantin Pavlov's scripts call for a special evocation of the author, an unconventional expressiveness, a distinctive style - generally speaking, for an individual attitude towards the stories they are telling. And the latter is a challenge to directors when working together with outstanding poets such as Valeri Petrov and Constantin Pavlov. The script needs to be retold from a challenging point of view, candid in its impartiality. Generally, the film has to be a sharp, ironic, paradoxical, passionate - and tender one."