FEBRUARY
by Kamen Kalev
Synopsis: February follows Petar during three distinct periods of his humble life in rural eastern Bulgaria. Sun, work, land, sheep and birds. But there is nothing ordinary about this unconventional man, who follows his poetic path and accepts his destiny with no regrets.
Cast: Lachezar Dimitrov, Kolyo Dobrev, Ivan Nalbantov.
2020 / Drama / Bulgaria, France / 124 min / Bulgarian / Completed
Produced by Waterfront Film, Koro Films
By the director of Eastern Plays (Cannes Director’s Fortnight), The Island (Cannes Director’s Fortnight), Bridges of Sarajevo (Cannes Official Selection) and Face Down.
“Strikingly beautiful cinematography. February’s fields, streams and woodland feel like they could stretch on forever”
— Screendaily
“A meditative, elegiac triptych capturing three chapters in the life of the same man”
— Variety
“Wonderfully directed, with beautiful still shots doing justice to the splendours both rugged and tender of those natural spaces from which man is practically absent”
— Cineuropa
