Parched

Parched

★ 4.2IMDb Score
Released:2005-06-10
Genre:Drama
Duration:90 min
Country:Bulgaria
Director:Stanimir Trifonov
Actors:Paraskeva Djukelova, Deyan Donkov, Stefan Valdobrev, Iossif Surchadzhiev, Nikolay Urumov
Production:BNT, Doli Media Studio, Kamera, National Film Centre, Paralax, Vreme Studios

Overview:

Two trains uncontrollably move towards each other within temporal boundaries of a human life. One of them is taking a genial young man to his unforeseen future; he would marry his beloved; have a son; become a brilliant doctor; do his duty and save the live of enemies of the communist regime; get a 20-years sentence for that. Prison would turn out to be an unbearable nightmare; his wife would eventually give in to the tortures of the authorities and seek divorce; this would mean no one to visit him in prison. 15 years without any news about his child, only a snapshot of his family on which the tree of them are smiling and happy.

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