The Flying Thing (1981)
Género : Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 15M
Director : Ognyan Gelinov
Sinopsis
The wars of 1912-1913 pass as a distant echo in Dozhden, a small village in the Rhodopes. Overwhelmed by a dream to fly, the young shepherd Sirachko, the son of a skilled craftsman, set about building an aircraft.
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El reportero de televisión Simon Hunt y el cámara Duck han trabajado en la zonas de guerra más candentes del mundo. Pero un fatídico día, en un pequeño pueblo de Bosnia, todo cambia de repente. Durante una emisión en directo para la televisión nacional, Simon se derrumba. Como consecuencia Duck es ascendido y Simon simplemente desaparece. Cinco años más tarde, Duck regresa a Sarajevo con un corresponsal novato, Benjamin, para cubrir el quinto aniversario del final de la guerra. Simon aparece como un fantasma del pasado y convence a Duck de que sabe dónde está el criminal de guerra más buscado de Bosnia: El Zorro. Armado únicamente de unos cuantos datos escasos, Simon, Duck y Benjamin se embarcan en un oscuro y peligroso viaje que les adentrará en territorios hostiles.
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