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This is a funny and woeful story, resembling an old Jewish anecdote, aiming to wrap a comical framework around the dark side of life. At the time, the poorest neighborhood of Plovdiv (an ancient town in Bulgaria) represented a unique European recess, a realm of perfect ethnic harmony among Bulgarians, Armenians, Turks, Jews, Gypsies and Greeks. A priest, a rabbi and a hodjah and an Antichrist nicknamed the Boozer are smitten with the same full-bosomed Turkish woman. Along with their rivalry, squabbles and good fellowship a Jewish boy and an Armenian girl fall in love for the first time. The political winds of the era will blow away the idyll separating the 12-year-old lovers. After many years, the Jew and the Armenian woman meet again in a different world.

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    • Author: just one girl
    The old Plovdiv town in the beginning of the century - picturesque picture of the small streets and all communities living there - orthodox, Jews and Muslims - their little quarrels, differences, but above all how they manage to live together. Then half a century later a meeting - boy and girl from the old city, accidentally sitting together in a plane decide to come back to explore the world of their childhood, to meet the dream they used to live in.
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    • Author: Moogura
    A plea for racial and religious tolerance that is both human and affecting.Nichev's internationally acclaimed film crosses between present days and the nostalgically remembered past.In the city of Plovdiv at the time early forties when countries various ethnic communities Orthodox,Jews and Muslems lived in harmony together.Here a Jewish academic revisits the town of his birth in 40 years.Generous is the tone of this film. Rigorously unsentimental this is a beautifully produced feature so

    magnificent crafted director's work undoubted the highlight of the new Bulgarian cinema.
  • Cast overview, first billed only:
    Stefan Danailov Stefan Danailov - Albert Cohen (Berto)
    Katerina Didaskalou Katerina Didaskalou - Araxi Vartagnan
    Vassil Mihajlov Vassil Mihajlov - Abraham 'The Drunk' Cohen
    Georgi Kaloyanchev Georgi Kaloyanchev - Father Isiah
    Tatyana Lolova Tatyana Lolova - Mrs. Abraham Cohen
    Georgi Rusev Georgi Rusev - Ben David
    Nikola Rudarov Nikola Rudarov - Ibrahim Hodja
    Vasil Vasilev-Zueka Vasil Vasilev-Zueka - The Barber
    Aleksandr Morfov Aleksandr Morfov - The Schoolteacher
    Djoko Rosic Djoko Rosic - The Gypsy Leader
    Athina Pappa Athina Pappa - Zulfie Hanum (as Athena Papas)
    Zhana Dakovska Zhana Dakovska - Araksi kato malka
    Zlatil Davidov Zlatil Davidov - Berto
    Giorgos Tsitsopoulos Giorgos Tsitsopoulos - Fotografat Kostas
    Nikolai Urumov Nikolai Urumov - Tasev
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