The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner

In a small Bulgarian provincial town during the 1980s, factory worker Vasil 'Vasko' Georgiev (Hristo Mutafchiev) has problems with the local Bulgarian Communist Party agent (Nikolai Urumov) who wants Vasko to monitor and report on the activities of his father-in-law, Bai Dan (Miki Manojlović). Bai Dan is the local "King of Backgammon" and is accused by the local authorities of conducting an illegal workshop in which he repairs bicycles and manufactures backgammon sets. Facing a moral dilemma, Vasko decides to emigrate beyond the Iron Curtain to Western Europe with his wife Yana (Ana Papadopulu) and his son Aleksander 'Sashko' (played as a child by Blagovest Mutafchiev). The family succeeds in crossing the border to Italy but face the prospect of lengthy detention in a bleak refugee camp until Vasko is able to pay for them to be smuggled into Germany.

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 45340
  • Status Released
  • Released Worldwide March 14, 2008
  • Runtime 105 minutes
  • Genres Drama
  • Original Country Bulgaria
  • Original Language English
  • Spoken Languages Bulgarian German
  • Production Company BNT Inforg Studio Pallas Film RFF International Vertigo/Emotionfilm
  • Production Countries Bulgaria Germany Hungary Serbia Slovenia
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