A Bulgarian poem come to life — where the sea watches you back.
Maya lives in Burgas on the coast of the Black Sea. She's a young woman trying to find herself. The film features the poetry of Petya Dubarova and is loosely inspired by her life.
Cinematography
Black Sea coast shot with aching, contemplative beauty.
Writing
Dubarova's poetry woven into dialogue like secret whispers.
Acting
Karaivanova's Maya — restless, searching, devastatingly real.
Director
Rumyana Petkova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Petya Dubarova was Bulgaria's brightest poetic talent before her 1979 suicide at 19; the film became an unofficial elegy.
Director Rumyana Petkova smuggled poems past censors by presenting the film as 'youth drama' rather than political art.
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