One naked statue destroys a communist art scene — and nobody saw it coming.
A young sculptor has been preparing his first exhibition for years. In the autumn of 1962 it becomes a fact. The show provokes a scandal in the society.
Direction
Petkov's deadpan eye for socialist absurdity.
Acting
Garbov's Mincho — all hunger, no volume knob.
Director
Dimitar Petkov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Bulgaria's dying communist years, the film smuggled subversive content past censors by framing it as historical critique of 1960s 'excesses.'
The scandalous sculpture prop was designed by actual dissident artist Georgi Tchapkanov, whose own 1981 exhibition was shut down by authorities.
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