We follow the life of a man at eight, eighteen and eighty-two years old: in his village, outside the village, in the heat of the sun and the icy snow. The course of his monotonous life seems to be written in advance and meaningless. And yet an invisible force exists in him and in a mysterious way pushes him forward, towards death.
Nikola is a middle-aged man struggling to make sense of his life in his native Bulgaria and to say goodbye to his loved ones before leaving for Germany in search of a better life. This is a story about the last days of the past and the hope of a new beginning.
For 30 years 60-year-old Dante has been taking care of his sick mother and quietly working in a printing house. Within a single week he loses both his mother and his job. The one thing that motivates Dante to keep on living it to take revenge on his mother's tormentors when after her death he learns of deeply guarded secrets from the past.
A nurse traffics the ID cards of demented patients on the black market of identity theft. Driven by easy cash, and an addiction to morphine, she struggles to keep tabs on her emotional void, and a growing fear of punishment.
Dois irmãos distantes são reunidos quando desempenham papéis opostos em uma surra racista: enquanto Georgi, que recentemente se juntou a um grupo neonazista, participa da violência, Hristo testemunha e resgata uma família turca. Georgi, agora convidado a participar de eventos maiores, começa a questionar sua implicação no movimento e Hristo se pergunta se a linda garota turca que ele salvou poderia ser sua passagem para a triste vida de Sofia. Somente reunindo os dois irmãos serão capazes de avaliar o que realmente querem da vida.
During World War II, a plane transfers Bulgarian antifascists from the USSR to Bulgaria. They jump with parachutes. The eighth paratrooper heads a guerilla group. In the group, there are doubts about the existence of a traitor. Initially, an innocent person is accused, but later the real traitor is caught and killed. Still, the most dangerous enemies of the guerillas are the colonel and the troops stationed in the nearby village. The battle between them and the guerillas is won by the latter who continue to fight for their cause.
Three separate novels are dealing with the never-ending problem of men's infidelity. How should women behave when men take a fancy to them? The picture ends in funny, sometimes comical, yet wise answer
The upper class of the capital has been invited to a party. The guests discuss the retreat of the Germans on the Eastern Front. Havadzhieva, an attractive intellectual, recognizes that the interests of her class require action, not words.
