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| Opening Night Film and Party |
| After the End of the World |
| Bulgaria/Greece/Germany 1998, 35mm, 109 minutes Bulgarian, Greek, Romany and Turkish with English subtitles Director: Ivan Nichev DC Premiere Thursday, December 2, 6:45 pm Lincoln Theatre |
Festive
Reception with Live Music and Dessert to follow at
The Reeves Center Music Provided by *Shuttle van will be available on a limited
basis |
| A nostalgic tale of first love, childhood and political upheaval in the cultural mixing bowl of the Bulgarian Balkans where at one time Armenians, Greeks, Gypsies, Jews, Turks and ethnic Bulgarians lived side by side. | |
| The film cuts between present day Plovdiv, Bulgaria where Albert Cohen has returned from Israel to his birthplace to visit and the same town in the late 1940s when Communist hard-liners, opposed to religion and ethnic nationalism, altered the town forever. Central to the story is Albert’s young romance with Araxi, an Armenian girl from whom he has not heard since he and his family left for Israel. They are reunited and, against the new perils of unbridled capitalism that has followed the collapse of Communism in their town, they seek to recover the past. |
Co-Sponsored by |
Welcoming Remarks:
Martha Gross, President, DCJCC
Rachel Marani, Cultural Attaché, Embassy of Israel
His Excellency, The Ambassador of Bulgaria, Philip Dimitrov
Special Guest:
Ivan Nichev, Director
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After
the End of the World
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Distributed by Cinescope, Bulgaria
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