A Bulgarian widower builds a wall against grief and accidentally becomes everyone's problem.
The film's motto is: "The world of the elderly is a world that is constantly shrinking. Little things become big. Few people are important to us, but they are very important." Federico Fellini.
Acting
Rousy Chanev's magnificent scowl carries entire scenes.
Direction
Djulgerov finds poetry in bureaucratic dead ends.
Director
Georgi Djulgerov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film satirizes post-socialist Bulgarian bureaucracy, where personal tragedy becomes municipal paperwork. The wall itself references real disputes over property and memory in Balkan communities.
Fellini's opening quote isn't pretension — Djulgerov literally shrinks Todor's world frame by frame, from house to room to corner until he's cornered by his own grief.
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