Bulgaria, 1980. Clouds are gathering over Alex’s idyllic childhood in a small town in the country. The authorities want his father to spy on Alex’s grandfather, Bai Dan, the local wizard at backgammon. The family decides to emigrate to the West.
25 years later Alex is in a German hospital with amnesia after a severe car crash, in which his parents were killed. Bai Dan goes off to Germany, where he teaches his grandson backgammon. The ancient game restores Alex back to life. Bai Dan gets Alex out of the hospital and they hit the road,
wheeling a tandem bicycle. On this journey back to Bulgaria and to the past, Alex gets his memory back, and with it, the will to live again.
Director: Stefan Komandarev
Script: Dusan Milic, Stefan Komandarev, Ilija Troijanov, Yuri Dachev
Cinematography: Emil Hristov
Music: Stefan Valdobrev
Cast: Miki Manojlovic, Carlo Ljubek, Hristo Mutafchiev, Ana Papadopoulou, Ludmila Cheshmedjieva, Blagovest Mutafchiev, Nikolai Urumov, Vasil Vasilev-Zueka, Stefan Valdobrev, Pavel Poppandov, Georgi Kadurin, Dorka Gryllus
Coproduction: RFF International (Bulgaria), Palas Film (Germany), Inforg Studio (Hungary), Vertigo/Emotion Film (Slovenia), in coproduction with Bulgarian National Television
With the support of: Bulgarian National Film Center, Mitteldeutsche Medienfoerderung, Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin-Brandemburg, German Federal Film Fund, Hungarian Motion Picture Public Foundation, Slovenian Film Fund
Duration: 105 min
Script: Dusan Milic, Stefan Komandarev, Ilija Troijanov, Yuri Dachev
Cinematography: Emil Hristov
Music: Stefan Valdobrev
Cast: Miki Manojlovic, Carlo Ljubek, Hristo Mutafchiev, Ana Papadopoulou, Ludmila Cheshmedjieva, Blagovest Mutafchiev, Nikolai Urumov, Vasil Vasilev-Zueka, Stefan Valdobrev, Pavel Poppandov, Georgi Kadurin, Dorka Gryllus
Coproduction: RFF International (Bulgaria), Palas Film (Germany), Inforg Studio (Hungary), Vertigo/Emotion Film (Slovenia), in coproduction with Bulgarian National Television
With the support of: Bulgarian National Film Center, Mitteldeutsche Medienfoerderung, Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin-Brandemburg, German Federal Film Fund, Hungarian Motion Picture Public Foundation, Slovenian Film Fund
Duration: 105 min
