One dead junkie. Three cop cars. Bulgaria's soul on trial.
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.
Direction
Komandarev's unflinching gaze at post-communist Bulgaria.
Acting
Ensemble cast embodies institutional exhaustion perfectly.
Cinematography
Sofia at night—neon regret and concrete poetry.
Director
Stephan Komandarev
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 9 November date deliberately echoes 1989—Bulgaria's own forgotten revolution, overshadowed by the Berlin Wall.
Komandarev's 'Rounds' trilogy examines Bulgarian society through emergency services—this middle chapter is the darkest.
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