The Judgment (2014 film)

The Judgment

Film poster
Directed by Stephan Komandarev
Produced by Stephan Komandarev
Katya Trichkova
Polly Guentcheva
Alexander Ris
Christine Haupt
Boris T. Matic
Vladimir Anastasov
Angela Nestorovska[1]
Written by Marin Damyanov
Emil Spahiyski
Stephan Komandarev
Starring Assen Blatechki
Music by Stefan Valdobrov
Cinematography Krasimir Andonov
Edited by Nina Altaparmakova
Release date
  • 6 March 2014 (2014-03-06) (SIFF)
  • 16 October 2014 (2014-10-16) (Bulgaria)
Running time
 107 minutes
Country Bulgaria
Germany
Croatia
Macedonia[2]
Language Bulgarian

The Judgment (Bulgarian: Съдилището) is a 2014 Bulgarian drama film directed by Stephan Komandarev.[3][4] It was selected as the Bulgarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[5][6][7]

Plot

The film takes place in Bulgaria by the Rhodope Mountains, near the Turkish border. A widower, Mityo, needs money to forestall foreclosure on his home. He drives a milk tanker but business is slow, so he reluctantly accepts a job smuggling migrants over the border into Bulgaria. (A character in the film describes the migrants as "Gypsies, Arabs, and blacks"; many of them are presumably Refugees of the Syrian Civil War.[8]) The work reminds Mityo of his military service in the late 1980s, assigned to the Bulgarian border guard, where his task was to prevent citizens from leaving the Eastern Bloc.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ Guy Lodge (19 January 2016). "Film Review: ‘The Judgment’". Variety. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Stephen Dalton (25 December 2015). "‘The Judgment’ (‘Sadilishteto’): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Stephan Komandarev’s film “The Judgment” premiered at Sofia Film Fest 2014". FilmFund. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "35 Films That Could Become Foreign Language Oscar Submissions". Indie Wire. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "”Съдилището” е българският претендент за ”Оскар”". Dnes. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Bulgaria Selects The Judgment as Oscar Entry". Film New Europe. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Oscars: Bulgaria Selects ‘The Judgment’ as Academy Award Entry". Variety. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Nellie Andreeva (9 October 2015). "Bulgaria's Oscar Entry 'The Judgment' Is Stunningly Timely Amid Europe's Migrant Crisis". Deadline. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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