A man burns alive in guilt while the projector rolls on.
A small town movie theater manager is tortured by childhood trauma of having abandoned his mentally ill brother die in a fire.
Acting
Rumen Traykov's silent breakdowns hit harder than any dialogue.
Direction
Kroumov turns a cinema into a literal house of ghosts.
Director
Krassimir Kroumov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Bulgaria's late communist era, the film's trapped protagonist reads as subtle political allegory—artists suffocating under state control.
The cinema in the film was a real failing theater in Plovdiv; it closed permanently two months after shooting wrapped.
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