The new Bulgarian film "Aurora" tells a passionate love story from the 1950s, reported BTA. It is directed by Jackie Stoev, who created some of the most entertaining Bulgarian films, and Nikola Boshnakov. The plot is about an Italian journalist sent to Bulgaria for an exchange of experience, who unexpectedly falls in love with a Bulgarian woman in Sofia. The role is given to Brenno Placido, Italian actor and son of Michele Placido. He is partnered by Konstantina Georgieva.
This is a film about the absurdities of communism and the romance between two young people seeking escape from Bulgaria to Italy. They attempt to flee by using a papier-mâché model of the ship Aurora. The model, designed to pass solemnly at demonstrations, is used by the young people to ‘break' through the border and enter the free world, the film crew says. The producers are Ivan Tonev and Giuseppe Lepore.
The Sofia Opera has been invited to open the opera season in Salerno, Italy on April 11 and 13 with a performance of the second part of Richard Wagner's tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) - Die Walkure (The Valkyrie). This..
One of Hollywood's greatest directors and producers, Ted Kotcheff (William Theodore Kotcheff), has passed away at the age of 94. His name is associated with landmark films such as ''The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'' which earned him the Golden..
Five former students in Prof. Andrey Daniel's class gather on his birthday to continue a conversation they once started in the 51st studio of the National Academy of Arts. "Thoughts in Material" is the title of the exhibition..
"Bulgarian" is the title of a new bilingual book featuring the works of Ivaylo Balabanov (1945-2021), which is being prepared for print on the..
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