Оn August 15, 1963 – the feast of the Great Mother of God Virgin Mary, a young doctor pulled 47 people out of a burning bus, saved them, but died the next day from his injuries.
A film about fate, oblivion and ingratitude. A survivor and hero worshiping film.
If this film had not been made, time would have condemned the hero and his self-sacrifice to oblivion. How about the descendants of the saved …..?
Bulgaria, 2023, 27 min, Bulgarian with English subtitles
Director: Valentina Fidanova-Kolarova
Scriptwriter: Zlatimir Kolarov
DOP: Zdravko Rugev
Music: Mariana Valkanova
Director’s Biography:
Graduated from the National Academy of Film and Television, as a Master of Arts in Directing, Doctor of Cinema Studies, Cinema Art and Television, Associate Professor at the Department of Film and Television Production at the Faculty of Screen Arts at the National Academy of Film and Television. She has directed numerous documentaries, including “Partsalev”, “Beyond the Leap”, “Inside the Stone”, “Vocation Actress”, “The Disease of the Tsars”.