Directions

Produced in 2016

Film Information

Festival Edition 2017 - Edition 17

Section Panorama

Director Stephan Komandarev

Country Bulgaria

Language Bulgarian

Category Panorama 2017

Producer Stephan Komandarev, Katya Tichkova, Stelios Zakinthinos, Vera Weit, Vladimir Anastasov, Angela Nestorvska

Screenplay Simeon Ventsislavov, Stephan Komandarev

Cast Vasil Vasilev-Zueka, Ivan Barnev, Assen Blatechki, Irini Zhamboas, Vasili Banz, Troyan Ogov

Synopsis

At a meeting with his banker, a small business owner, who drives a taxi to make ends meet, discovers the bribe he will have to pay to get a loan has doubled. He wants to remain an honest man. The ethics board that reviewed his complaint about extortion now wants its share of the action. In desperate anger, he shoots the banker and then himself. The incident sparks a major national debate on talk about how despair has taken over civil society.

Full Description

At a meeting with his banker, a small business owner, who drives a taxi to make ends meet, discovers the bribe he will have to pay to get a loan has doubled. He wants to remain an honest man. In desperate anger, he shoots the banker and then himself. The incident sparks a major national debate on talk about how despair has taken over civil society.