Bulgarian Game of Thrones, but everyone's drunk and the dragons are goats.
Season 1 • Episode 7
LatestAfter many years of exile, Todor the American returns to Yugla. Collectivization is underway in Yugla. Those who do not obey declare themselves kulaks and Belene awaits them. Among them is Petar Nedev. After collectivization comes the turn of nationalization. The Bulgurovs' tavern, the Manol and Bina's cooperage, the Evrofeevs' mill are nationalized. The patriarchal spirit of Yugla is also going away with them...
The village of Yugla, the beginning of the 30s of the 20 century. Butcher Manol and his wife Bina acquire a son-Rangel. Already an adult, Rangel is making a film about people and events in his native village, significant for the era.
Acting
Deyan Donkov's mustache deserves its own spinoff series.
Production
Period detail so authentic you can smell the rakija sweating through the screen.
Writing
Meta-narrative about filmmaking that actually pays off.
Deyan Donkov
Ivan Bondov
Nikolai Urumov
Geno Kabakov
Dimitar Rachkov
Dochko Bulgurov
Lyuben Chatalov
Nyagolov
Krastyo Lafazanov
Pento Bulgurov
Vasil Banov
Petar Nedev
Vasil Vasilev-Zueka
Sava Nedev
Phillip Avramov
Bachvaryat
Ana Papadopulu
Simeonka
Vania Tzvetkova
Bogatashkata Elefterova
Vladimir Penev
Bogatashat Elefterov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Patriarhat became a cult reference point for post-communist Bulgarian identity debates, quoted in parliament unironically.
The 1930s setting deliberately mirrors Bulgaria's 1990s chaos—director allegedly said 'we're still in that village.'
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