A small town in present-day Bulgaria. A mother and her two daughters are struggling to survive. The dreamy and distracted younger daughter often invents stories in order to make life more interesting. Unwittingly, she eventually gets caught in the trap of her own lies and destroys her older sister's well-ordered materialistic world. Meanwhile, the two sisters find out the truth about their mother
Vasil acaba de perder sua parceira de longa data, sua esposa Valentina. Quando uma mulher em seu funeral proclama que a mulher morta ligou para seu celular, Vasil procura a ajuda de um conhecido médium para entrar em contato com sua esposa. Seu filho Pavel tenta trazê-lo à razão, mas Vasil teimosamente insiste em fazer as coisas à sua maneira. "O Pai" é um drama familiar íntimo sobre as dificuldades de se conectar com pessoas próximas a nós. À medida que a imagem lentamente ganha impulso, sua história se desdobra em muitas situações absurdas ou cômicas cuidadosamente organizadas.
A couple and their teenage son eke out a living on a hilltop, doing the laundry for local hotels, despite the intermittent water supply. Their simple life is overturned by the arrival of a father-and-daughter team of diviner and well-digger, who promise to bring an end to this precarious existence by finding a source on their arid hill. But ultimately, these newcomers quench a thirst far greater than than the simple need for water.
The trumpet player, Jonah, moves into the remains of his grandfather's house near where the treasure is hidden. In a tunnel under the house he finds a stone with a bird engraved on it and a map with an inscription in Arabic: "To have a house of gold, fall onto the sky and find the twin!" A copy of the same map brings Rumba and Emma to the same place. Rumba is Bulgarian and a passionate treasure-hunter. His wife is American and studies Bulgarian folklore as a way to fight globalization. Rumba wants to buy Jonah's property so he can find the treasure.
