Film

The Father

2019 · 1h 27m · Drama

IMDb

6.4

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

Vasil has just lost his long-time partner in life, his wife Ivanka. When a woman at her funeral proclaims that the dead woman called her cellphone, Vasil seeks out the help of a well-known psychic in order to try to contact his wife. His son Pavel tries to bring him to his senses, but Vasil stubbornly insists on doing things his own way… Following the internationally successful The Lesson and Glory, Grozeva and Valchanov return with an intimate family drama about the difficulties of connecting with those close to us. As the picture slowly gathers momentum, its story unfolds many of the carefully arranged absurd or comic situations typical for the Bulgarian filmmaking duo.

Ivan Barnev

Pavel

Ivan Savov

Vasil

Tanya Shahova

Lyubka

Hristofor Nedkov

Doctor

Boyan Doychinov

Nikolay Todorov

Martina Peneva

Petra Oplatková

Elena Mosholova

Maria Bakalova

Valentina

Margita Gosheva

Kalina

Ivanka Bratoeva

Hristo Namliev

Tatyana Dronzin-Bratoe

Julia Gradeva

Georgi Bratoev

• Kristina GrozevaDirector · Screenplay · Producer · Executive Producer
• Petar ValchanovDirector · Screenplay · Editor · Producer
• Konstantina StavrianouProducer
• Irini VougioukalouProducer
• Elena MosholovaExecutive Producer
• Poli AngelovaExecutive Producer
• Krum RodriguezDirector of Photography
• Hristo NamlievOriginal Music Composer

THE FATHER trailer | BFI London Film Festival 2019

Release date

October 11, 2019

Status

Released

Original language

Bulgarian

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

U

Genres

Drama