TMBTMB
TMBTMB

Track, discover and find where to watch TV shows and movies.

Discover

  • Movies
  • TV Shows
  • Browse
  • Topics

Account

  • Watchlist
  • Watched
  • Ratings

Legal

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service

© 2026 Movie Browser. All rights reserved.

Data provided by TMDB

Home
Browse
Watchlist
backdrop
backdrop
logo
Three deadbeats, one cryptic phone call, and a road trip to nowhere meaningful.
TMDB
70
IMDb
68

Emigrants (2002)

post-communist malaiseabsurdist road moviebleakly funny

Overview

Drama

Three friends, Maro, Shpera and Yuri are unemployed and hardly make ends meet. They have complicated and hysterical relationships with the people closest to them. They seem to have emigrated from their families and their country. Provoked by a mysterious telephone call, they set out on a journey, filled with the hope to change their lives.

Flag of BGBGbg
Content warning
economic disillusionmentmasculine failurethe impossibility of escape

Standout Aspects

Acting

Radoev's fragile bravado masks profound emptiness.

Writing

Dialogue captures the poetry of people who've given up.

Best for:Solo: When you're feeling stuck and need company in your existential dread.·Streaming: Late-night Bulgarian indie rabbit hole.
Ivaylo Hristov

Director

Ivaylo Hristov

ReleasedOct 21, 2002
Runtime1h 25m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelmedium
BNT
Naftex Bulgaria Holding

Top Cast

Valeri Yordanov

Valeri Yordanov

Yuri

Paraskeva Djukelova

Paraskeva Djukelova

Svetla

Deyan Donkov

Deyan Donkov

Shpera

Margita Gosheva

Margita Gosheva

Iskra Radeva

Iskra Radeva

Antoaneta Dobreva-Neti

Antoaneta Dobreva-Neti

Darin Angelov

Darin Angelov

Atanas Atanasov

Atanas Atanasov

русият

Ask about Emigrants

Opens AI chat

Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Shot during Bulgaria's post-communist economic collapse, the film captures a generation's disillusionment with capitalism's empty promises.

Insight

The directors co-wrote without a traditional script, allowing actors to improvise within their characters' economic desperation — the chaos is genuine.

Gallery

Recommended

The Nest movie poster (2020)
6.1

The Nest

The Young One movie poster (1960)
6.9

The Young One

Lady Driver movie poster (2020)
6.4

Lady Driver

Babylon movie poster (1980)
6.9

Babylon

The Kindness of Strangers movie poster (2019)
6.3

The Kindness of Strangers

Reading Lolita in Tehran movie poster (2024)
7.2

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Mindwalk movie poster (1991)
6.9

Mindwalk

Come Sunday movie poster (2018)
5.8

Come Sunday

All Together Now movie poster (2020)
6.7

All Together Now

Hunting Grounds movie poster (2025)
6.7

Hunting Grounds

Hungry Hearts movie poster (2015)
6.5

Hungry Hearts

1 movie poster (2020)
6.7

1

Cardboard Boxer movie poster (2016)
6.3

Cardboard Boxer

A Question of Faith movie poster (2017)
7.5

A Question of Faith

Adopt a Highway movie poster (2019)
6.7

Adopt a Highway