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Directions (2017)

Directions (2017)

Drama

Bulgaria remains optimistic, mainly because all the realists and pessimists have left

Release Date: 2017, October 20
Directors: Stephan Komandarev
Countries: Bulgaria, Germany, Macedonia
Production: Sektor Film, Argo Film, Aktis Film Production
Cast: Julian Vergov, Stefka Yanorova, Assen Blatechki, Dobrin Dosev, Borislava Stratieva, Georgi Kadurin, Ivan Barnev, Sofia Bobtcheva, Anna Komandareva, Vasil Banov, Stefan Denolyubov, Troyan Gogov

Overview:

A road movie set in present day Bulgaria, a country remains optimistic, mainly because all the realists and pessimists have left. At a meeting with his banker, a small business owner, who drives a cab to make ends meet, discovers the bribe he will have to pay to get a loan has doubled. The ethics board that reviewed his complaint about extortion now wants its share of the action. At his wit's end, he shoots the banker and then himself. The incident sparks national debate on talk radio about how despair has taken over civil society. Meanwhile, six taxi drivers and their passengers move through the night, each in hope of finding a brighter way forward.