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White Magic - БЯЛА МАГИЯ

Drama, Color, 1982, VHS/PAL, Language - Bulgarian

Director: Ivan Andonov
Script: Konstantin Pavlov
Director of Photography: Viktor Chichov
Music: Georgi Genkov

Cast: Plamena Getova, Anton Gorchev, Velko Kynev, Ivan Grigorov, Ilka Zafirova, Georgi Kaloyanchev, Peter Slabakov, Kunka Baeva, Stoyan Gudev, Nikola Todev

Synopsis: In the course of one day in a small village market in the early 20th century, all sorts of odd situations come and go like a summer breeze -- a widow is raped, kills the rapist, and then gets married later on; a barber tries to attract a woman he likes by means of a gramophone; and a little boy gets drunk on some wine and runs through the market shouting "death to the tyrant." These are only a few of the strange and inexplicable happenings in the village that seem to imply that good and evil are always a step away from each other, fighting for the upper hand with no sure winner in sight.

The story took place in a village in the mountains, decades ago. There is perhaps the most bizarre place worldwide. Incredible events follow one another. A hen crows rooster-like, an ordinary local barber is not able to find a wife. God and the Satan struggle with each other in the imaginations and souls of the people and neither of them gets the upper hand. It is a Balkan magic realism -fresh, unexpected, and curious.

Филмът е своеобразна фреска на картината в България през 20-те години. Многочислените герои действат според своето мислене. Далеч от цивилизацията те живеят по законите на природата, водени от нейните тъмни и добри сили. В изпълненото с метафори и символи авторово изображение оживяват човешки добродетели и слабости - любов и омраза, грубост и нежност, благородство и низост.

БЯЛА МАГИЯ