While hitchhiking from Sofia to Ruse, Kamen meets Avé, a 17-year-old runaway girl. With each ride they hitch, Avé invents new identities for them, and her compulsive lies get Kamen deeper and deeper into trouble. Reluctantly drawn into this adventure, Kamen begins to fall in love with the fleeting Avé.
Acting
Anjela Nedyalkova's mercurial, infuriating charm
Cinematography
Bleak Bulgarian highways that mirror internal emptiness
Direction
Bojanov's documentary-like patience with human messiness
Director
Konstantin Bojanov
Anjela Nedyalkova
Ave
Ovanes Torosian
Kamen
Martin Brambach
Truck-driver
Svetlana Yancheva
Viktor's Mother
Bruno S.
Viktor's Grandfather
Nikolai Urumov
Retired Colonel
Elena Rainova
Viktor's Aunt
Krasimir Dokov
Viktor's Uncle
Iossif Surchadzhiev
Viktor's Father
Nikola Dodov
Volvo Driver
Boyka Velkova
Ave's Mother
Ivan Yurukov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Anjela Nedyalkova later starred in T2 Trainspotting as Simon's girlfriend; this was her breakout.
Shot during actual economic crisis, the film captures a generation of young Bulgarians with no viable future—Bojanov cast non-actors from Sofia's streets.
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