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.
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