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LEJDI ZI / LADY ZEE

 

LEJDI ZI / LADY ZEE

 

LEJDI ZI / LADY ZEE

LEJDI ZI / LADY ZEE
DIRECTOR: GEORGI DJULGEROV
BULGARIA 2005
104 MIN / 35MM, COLOR, OV w. engl. ST

Caligari: 10.04. / 3.30 pm
Alpha: 11.04. / 2.00 pm

DIRECTOR:
Georgi Djulgerov

SCREENPLAY:
Georgi Djulgerov
Marin Damianov

CAMERA:
Radoslav Spassov

ART DIRECTOR:
Vanina Geleva

EDITOR:
Georgi Djulgerov

MUSIC:
Mira Iskarova
Hristo Namliev

PRODUCER:
Vladimir Andreev
Georgi Balkanski

CAST:
Anelia Garbova
Ivan Barnev
Pavel Paskalev
Rousi Chanev
Vanina Chervenkova

PRODUCTION:
Borough Film Ltd., Sofia

DISTRIBUTION:
Borough Film Ltd., Sofia
Tel.: 00359 - 2 / 943 58 80
Fax: 00359 - 2 / 943 47 87
e-mail: borough@mbox.cit.bg

12-year-old Zlatina has lived since birth in a Bulgarian orphanage. She has a secret admirer in her fellow resident Lechko, who is one year younger and follows her about from dawn to dusk. After an attempted rape by a group of boys, Zlatina seeks help from the director of the home. He takes advantage of the situation and sexually abuses her. The traumatized girl then begins to disguise her attractiveness any way she can: She hides her hair under caps, wears baggy pullovers, and refuses to wear a dress – convinced that a woman wearing a dress is automatically viewed as a prostitute. Some years later the professional marksman Neyden spots Zlatina’s talent as a shooter and takes her away with him. Lechko follows his loved one’s subsequent career, and sees the way Neyden and the innocent-looking Zlatina rig competitions in order to cheat clueless amateurs. Although Zlatina has fallen for Neyden, who is not only older but married too, she robs him and runs away with Lechko. To get hold of more cash, she forges a plan whereby Lechko pretends to sell her to a pimp in return for a large sum. The plan misfires, and Zlatina finds herself in a brothel in Greece after being raped and mistreated. Lechko is determined to liberate Zlatina, and enlists Neyden’s help. Without a trace of false sentimentality LEJDI ZI tells the story a young woman’s seemingly hopeless attempt to maintain control over a life dominated by suffering and lies. Director Djulgerov cast lay actors from Bulgarian orphanages in several roles, including those of Zlatina and Lechko.


 
           
     

GEORGI DJULGEROV
Born on 30.09.1943 in Burgas, Bulgaria.
Georgi Djulgerov gratuated in 1970 at the Moscow Film Academy VGIK. He is professor in Film and TV Directing at the NATFA in Sofia, Bulgaria. His film LAGERAT was part of the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes 1990. Djulgerov has also staged theatre productions and directed several TV projects. His latest internationally awarded film LEJDI ZI received the award for “Best film” at the Sarajevo Film Festival.

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTION):
1973 I dojde denjat / ...And the Day Came
1977 Avantaz / Advantage
1978 Trampa / Swap
1981 Mera spored mera / Measure for Measure
1988 AkaDaMuS
1990 Lagerat / The Camp
1997 Cernata ljastovica / Black Swallow
1999 Pjasacen casovnik / Hour-Glass
2004 Chubava si, mila moja / You Are So Pretty, My Dear
2005 Lejdi Zi / Lady Zee

   
         
         
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