Regie:
Stephan KomandarevKamera:
Vesselin HristovBesetzung:
Ivan Barnev, Assen Blatechki, Stefan Denolyubov, Irini Jambonas, Pavel Popandov, Stoyan Doychev, Vasil Vasilev-Zueka, Borimir Ilkov, Gerasim GeorgievInhalte(1)
One night – seemingly just like any other. Two police officers find the body of the well-known drug addict Lazar near the railroad tracks in Sofia. This is how the night of 9 November, 2019 begins – 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the regime change in Bulgaria. Three teams of police officers are patrolling the streets of Sofia, doing their job as they believe is right, while facing the challenges posed by contemporary Bulgarian reality. (Sarajevo Film Festival)
(mehr)Kritiken (3)
Komödiantisch geprägtes Drama über die Nachtschicht mehrerer Polizeistreifen in der bulgarischen Hauptstadt. Genre-reiches Gemisch verwobener Geschichten, die sowohl halb frostig und tragisch als auch halb lustig und anekdotisch sind, bestehen hervorragend als Einblick in eine Vielzahl von Charakteren sowie als sozialpolitische Gesellschaftskritik.
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An intricately woven and sharply executed story that follows a night in the life of various police patrols in Bulgaria's capital. As the second installment in a planned trilogy, it's just as polished and impactful as the first, Directions, which focused on taxi drivers. Rounds is a perfectly balanced blend of genuine emotion, social commentary, and compelling human stories, with just the right touch of humor to lighten the mood.
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I remember that Bulgarian cinema had such a bad reputation during the time period of true socialism that its film production rarely reached other communist countries as part of the cultural exchange of "friendly" countries. Even the 90s did not bring change. I mean what can you expect after wild privatization in the Balkan region...? Since then, I have had a tendency to look at Bulgarian productions with a certain distrust and even contempt. Komendarev's film showed me how misleading it is to approach films with prejudice. It has a well-crafted screenplay that cleverly balances several genres. We follow three police patrols during a demanding night shift and their adventures bring the viewer an unflattering message about the state of Bulgarian society 30 years after the fall of communism, when the country is trapped in a depressive cycle of poverty, corruption, brain drain, and the arrogance of the powerful. Tragedy alternates with comedy, hopelessness with moments of hope. The film does not bore whatsoever and belongs to those rare moments when you say to yourself that it is worth searching for gems among the trash. Overall impression: 90%.
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