BUBBLEGUM / ДЪВКА ЗА БАЛОНЧЕТА

Kalin (35) is a talented advertising specialist, weary of life. Bilyana (35) is a free spirit, still uncertain of what she wants. They grew up in Socialist Bulgaria, where they were part of a mad group of friends, for whom every day was a different adventure. Childlike, they had a pact to get married. The two of them meet 25 years later. In the five days they have, Kalin and Bilyana remember their childhood, their dreams and their forgotten promise.

“This is a story about the generation that at present is 35-40 years old, a story about childhood in a communist country, about dreams, illusions and today’s reality. It is also a romantic look at a time, when it was possible to live a kind of naughty and crazy, but happy and sincere childhood. As the childhood story takes place in 1988, short before the big political change, we had to look for locations that were less affected by time. At the same time the film contains a contemporary part with a modern look. And as the story is 100 percent urban, we shot in gardens, parks, streets and apartments in Sofia.”

Stanislav Todorov-Rogi for FilmNewEurope.com