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Fear (2020 film)

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Fear
Poster
Directed byIvaylo Hristov
Written byIvaylo Hristov
Produced byAsen Vladimirov
StarringSvetlana Yancheva
Michael Flemming
CinematographyEmil Christov
Edited byToma Waszarow
Release date
  • 2 September 2020 (2020-09-02)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryBulgaria
LanguageBulgarian

Fear is a 2020 Bulgarian drama film directed by Ivaylo Hristov. It was selected as the Bulgarian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.[1]

Synopsis[edit]

In a Bulgarian village near the Turkish border, an unemployed schoolteacher befriends a refugee from Mali.[2]

Reviews[edit]

Dennis Harvey, writing for Variety, said the movie was "a disarming, deadpan comedy of xenophobia and resistance."[3]

Cast[edit]

  • Svetlana Yancheva as Svetla
  • Michael Flemming as Bamba

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ ""страх" На Режисьора Ивайло Христов Е Българското Предложение За Наградата "оскар"". Bulgarian National Film Center. 11 October 2021.
  2. ^ Ide, Wendy (29 November 2020). "'Fear': Tallinn Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  3. ^ Harvey, Dennis (10 March 2022). "Fear Review: A Warm Charmer of a Social Satire Addressing Refugee Fears in Bulgaria". Variety. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

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