February
Kamen Kalev / Bulgaria, France / 2020 / 125 min / Colour
Italian premiere
In eastern Bulgaria, not far from the Turkish border, the life of Petar, a shepherd son of shepherds, passes. February follows his humble yet radiant existence, isolating three distinct moments. Childhood next to the silent grandfather, spent in the impatient care of the animals. Youth, where the world reveals itself with his departure for military service and in the discovery of poetry. Quiet old age, in the cold winter on the mountains. Three moments, three seasons that follow the journey of an extraordinary man in his simplicity and in the acceptance, without regrets, of his destiny. The earth, the sky, the animals, the birds, the light. February is a visual poem suspended in the enchantment of rarefaction, a warm and participatory study of human life and the impact that descent, environment and habits have on it.
Kamen Kalev
Kamen Kalev was born in 1975 in Bulgaria. He studied cinema in Sofia, at the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, then in Paris at La Fémis. His first feature films, Eastern Plays (2009) and The Island (2011), were presented at the Directors' Fortnight. In 2013 he took part in the collective film Les Ponts de Sarajevo, alongside directors such as Godard, Cristi Puiu and Sergei Loznitsa.
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Screenplay Kamen KalevCinematography Kamen KalevEditing Kamen KalevMusic Petar DundakovMain cast Lachezar Dimitrov, Kolyo Dobrev, Ivan NalbantovProduction company WATERFRONT, KORO FILMS
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