A film pioneer, Binka Zhelyazkova was at the forefront of political cinema under Bulgaria's Communist dictatorship. Though she remained faithful to the communist ideals she became an avid critic of the regime and brought upon herself the wrath of its censorship. As a result four of her nine films were shelved and released to the public only after the fall of the regime in 1989, and Binka Zhelyazkova became known as the bad girl of Bulgarian cinema. A provocative portrait that reveals the pressures and complexities that arise when art is made under totalitarianism.
Elka Nikolova
Director, Writer
Andrej Certov
Self
Antonina Zhelyazkova
Self
Angel Vagenshtain
Self
Atanas Svilenov
Self
Valeri Petrov
Self
Delyana Hadzhiyankova
Self
Ivan Popjordanov
Self
Ivan Traykov
Self
Ingeborg Bratoeva
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