2005

The 1950s. A widow is raising her three children but has a soft spot for her only son. The first signs of the son’s “peculiarity” appear early on: clashes with the family, a break with social role models, and friendships with individuals of the same sex. His passion for dancing leads him to Paris and his passions to bisexual relationships. The 1980s. His return to Greece is a letdown. His failure as an artist and the further deterioration of his relationship with his mother lead him to extreme decisions: streetwalking on Syngrou Avenue, working as a dancer in a transvestite club, prison, a sex-change operation. His mother has a hard time keeping up with the changes in his life. The 1990s. The happiness he dreams of does not come true. The end is tragically liberating.

Zlatina has grown up in an institution for abandoned children. So has Lechko, her younger follower. At a fun fair, at the age of twelve, she shows her talent for shooting. The life of Zlatina takes a different turn when a former inmate from the boarding house, Nayden, now an instructor at a shooting gallery, is so impressed by her talent for shooting, that he takes her under his guardianship. He trains her and educates her like Pygmalion. And falls in love with her. However, Zlatina is suspicious of his selflessness and fears the inequality of their relationship. A criminal accident confirms her scares. As she seeks to start life anew, Zlatina keys Lechko, her devoted shadow, into robbing Nayden. She then decides to pass the Greek border pretending to be a prostitute… and ends up in a brothel where her worst nightmare becomes reality… However, it is there, where her life makes an about-turn.

  is based on a script by Georgi Gospodinov, with the participation of Anna Broquet, Krasimir Dokov, Svetlana Yancheva, Ivan Yurukov.