The Embassy of the State of Israel and the
Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Nicosia
cordially invite you

to the screening of the film “Bulgarian Rhapsody”
on Monday, 20th of April, 2015, at 20.00,
at Cine Studio – University of Nicosia

Free entrance

The Director of the film will be present at the screening
 

BULGARIAN RHAPSODY

Bulgaria, Israel, 2014, 108 min, with English subtitles

Script: Ivan Nichev, Tatyana Granitova, Yourii Dachev, Jean Pierre Magro
Director: Ivan Nichev
Cinematography: Addie Reiss
Music: Stefan Dimitrov
Cast: Moni Moshonov, Tatyana Lolova, Dimitar Rachkov, Kristiyan Makarov, Angela Nedyalkova, Stefan Popov, Alex Anski, Eliza Tokeva, Vasil Mihaylov, Stoyan Aleksiev a.o.
Production: Cinepaz – Nissim Levy, United King Films – Moshe Edery, Leon Edery and Schaul Sherzer, Cinissima Ltd.; Cinema Project-Rabinovich Foundation

With the support of: Bulgarian National Film Center, Bulgarian National Television, Nu Boyana Film Studios

Synopsis

Deeply human story about the friendship and first love in times of war and cruelty. The movie is, in essence, a narrative of a love triangle between three 17-year-olds. Moni is a shy young Jewish boy living in Sofia, Giogio is his more worldly Bulgarian friend and Shelli is his flirtatious cousin who lives across the border.

Uniquely in this wartime, Bulgarians resisted Hitler’s order for mass expulsion of their Jewish population, saving some 48,000 Bulgarian Jews from almost certain death. Even so, Bulgaria was not in a position to save the life of around 11,500 Jews from neighboring territories, who being under German jurisdiction were deported.

This is the first film jointly made by cinematographers from Bulgaria and Israel and represents the last part of a trilogy directed by Ivan Nichev dedicated to the rescue of Bulgarian Jews during WWII. Alongside the young artists starring in, one of the most famous film actors of Bulgaria and Israel are playing roles in the movie. The Bulgarian Cinema Council has picked “Bulgarian Rhapsody” as the Bulgarian film to participate in the race for 2014's Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
 

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