Bulgarian multi-hyphenate Stephan Komandarev completes his trilogy on social problems and moral ills in contemporary Bulgaria with “Blaga’s Lessons,” world premiering in Karlovy Vary Film Festival’…
After “Directions” , which centers on tough times for some Sofia taxi drivers over a long and eventful night, and “Rounds” , about police officers patrolling the capital, Komandarev and his co-writer Simeon Ventsislavov use an older woman duped by a telephone scam to look at issues afflicting their parents’ generation.
Helmer Komandarev notes that he and many of his friends have loved ones who have fallen prey to such scams. He says: “It happens quite often. We did serious research, met many victims, talked to police officers who work on such cases, even managed to see a real phone scammer. We hope our film will seriously support prevention.”
Expressive lead Skorcheva turns in a performance that is both vulnerable and steely. Komandarev notes: “Eli was a star in the 80s in Bulgaria. All of us teenagers back then were in love with her. There were cult films with her participation. After 1989, she deliberately stopped acting in cinema and television, frustrated by the excessive commercialization in this area.” He met her by chance during the pandemic and she agreed to read the script and liked it very much.
As a former medical doctor, Komandarev is particularly attuned to making diagnoses. He says: “My life experience as a doctor is a great help to me when I make my films. I try to use them to sort of diagnose our times and our society. Because, as we were taught in the Medical University, a correct diagnosis is the most important first step in good treatment.”
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