Bulgarian Rhapsody

In 1941, during WWII,

the Bulgarian kingdom signed an alliance with Hitler's Germany

and declared war on the United States and Great Britain.

The German Reich designated Bulgaria as the protectorate

over the territories of Macedonia and West Thrace, Greece.

BULGARIAN RHAPSODY

Tatyana Lolova Moni Moshonov Vassil Mihajlov

Dimitar Rachkov Alex Ansky

Stoyan Aleksiev Angela Nedyalkov

Kristiyan Makarov Stefan Popov

Produced by: Nissim Levy, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, Shaul Scherzer

Written by: Yourii Dachev, Ivan Nichev, Tatyana Granitova, Jean Pierre Magro

Directed by: Ivan Nichev

Sofia 1943

What are you looking at?

It's just a bomb.

Move!

Come on. Try kissing her again.

It would be easier if it were true.

She wouldn't be here if it were true.

A woman's but a flower.

You have to be tender.

Tell me about it.

Look carefully.

I'm home.

Now he decided to come home!

The moussaka is in the oven.

- Try not to be late for the concert. - Will do.

Moni, now watch carefully.

I'll teach you how to do this, so you don't make a fool of yourself.

Clark Gable.

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."

Humphrey Bogart...

"Bright Days".

Lyrics by Toma Izmeriev.

Music by Maestro Peyo Peev.

Can you see her?

Maya?

Yesterday I touched her boobs.

Yeah, right... You wish!

Really?

Cross my heart and hope to die.

And what are they like?

A gentleman never tells.

Hey, bro!

You were great.

The others were just a background.

Stop it, please.

Did you like the music, Moni?

Yes, Mr. Teacher.

But I forgot the composer's name.

I composed it.

A long time ago.

Only now have I lived to hear it.

My admiration.

Say hello to Svetla.

She sang beautifully.

Congratulations.

What's wrong with you?

Hey, punk.

Go and kiss your Jewish neighbours, did you hear me?

Let go of me!

Please. What are you doing? Stop it, OK?

Sir...

the curfew for people wearing those stars already started.

Why aren't you with the girls?

I don't need your pity.

I didn't even understand what happened.

Well, now you know, I got beat up.

Come on, light up.

I can't. My grandmother will know straight away.

That's your new look.

No one will see this stupidity.

Promise?

It's easy for you.

Monka, I'm only kidding.

Don't be insulted.

You're playing up to me again.

See you.

See you.

No, no, no, no!

Don't go to sleep.

Tell me where Mazal is first.

Where is she?

A girl from a good family shouldn't be outside at this time of night.

- I know. - Why didn't you ask her?

You had to take care of the kids!

She's your daughter – don't forget that.

Right?

Alright then.

Kill me already.

Kill me just like you killed my daughter.

You want me dead, don't you?

Oh, please, Fortune.

Why do you think I'm working my ass off?

- Because of you! - And also for certain female neighbours.

Who is it?

Why aren't you still in bed?

I can't sleep, dad.

I'm worried about Mazal.

It's late...

and she's still not home.

It was about time someone said something meaningful in this house.

- Dad, can I turn the radio on? - No, no.

Don't touch it.

Moni is also worried about his sister.

You heard him, didn't you?

- Didn't you? - I heard him, I'm not deaf.

Stop shouting!

You will wake the whole neighbourhood. And what for?

"And what for?"

You're asking that?

Mazal is a good daughter.

I hope so.

What have you got there?

Nothing.

Moni...

you know everything about everyone.

Where is she?

Tell me.

I promise I won't do anything.

Mazal...

did not say anything.

So this is how we're playing?

Alright then.

How about some info now?

I think Mazal mentioned something about...

meeting Isak.

Isak?

Isak.

Avram's son?

Avram's son.

That same Avram?

That same Avram.

It's your fault!

What should I do? Tie her up?

Yes, if you have to.

Well done, Moncho.

He deserves it.

Do you have any idea what Avram did to me?

What a disaster! Not again.

It will take him the whole night.

He betrayed me.

He sent me to death.

Isak is nothing like Avram.

He's a good boy. I know him.

Yes. Like father, like son.

I can tell you what the war is like.

The Balkan war.

The most frightening one.

A massacre.

I don't care if I get killed.

That's some hero.

Why are you laughing?

I didn't want to kill because our opponents

might also be Jewish.

This is why I was paying the doctor to keep me in the clinic.

Not just me, but also Avram.

I wanted to save him, too.

Just a bunch of gibberish.

You've never had this kind of money.

One day I ran out of money.

I told him, "Avram, now it's your turn to pay."

And he told me, "I have only enough for myself."

He condemned me to death.

Me!

I was his best friend.

Don't go to sleep!

Go and find your granddaughter.

Moni...

give your father a cigarette, so he calms down.

You are against your own father too, huh?

Where did you get money for cigarettes?

Give me the money. Give me the money!

You little rascal, give it to me!

Dad, you told me that's the safest place.

Fortune, where are you? Come here, Fortune.

Leave me alone.

I want to die.

I don't want to live anymore.

Good evening.

Good evening, dad.

It was about time.

Where have you been?

Dad, it was awful outside.

I got scared...

It's really scary.

You don't have to pretend.

If you are afraid...

why don't you stay home?

Don't lie to me.

Moni told me everything.

I forbid you to talk to him.

- But dad, I... - No. If I see him near you...

I will shoot him.

I love him.

I will tell you who to love.

My little girl. Calm down...

Come on, tomorrow we will talk again.

No.