IRINA

By Nadejda KOSEVA

HBO CENTRAL EUROPE / HBO EUROPE S.R.O. - as DISTR

First film - Completed 2018

Irina is a part-time waitress in a small Bulgarian town. On the very same day when she is fired, her husband gets into a serious accident. Irina’s family is trapped in poverty. To make ends meet, she becomes a surrogate mother.

Festivals
& Awards

Warsaw FF 2018
International Competition Best Actress Warsaw FF 2018 Ecumenical Jury Award
Arras Film Festival 2019
Visions de l’Est
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • First film, Drama
    • Countries
    • BULGARIA
    • Languages
    • BULGARIAN
    • Duration
    • 96 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Nadejda KOSEVA
    • Writer(s)
    • Svetoslav OVCHAROV, Bojan VULETIC, Nadejda KOSEVA
    • Producer(s)
    • Stefan KITANOV (ARTFEST)
    • Synopsis
    • Irina is a part-time waitress in a small Bulgarian town. On the very same day when she is fired, her husband gets into a serious accident. Irina’s family is trapped in poverty. To make ends meet, she becomes a surrogate mother.

      Fights, despair and the seed of life growing in her belly bring on another wave to this rough and wrecked life.

      Slowly, Irina discovers what it means to love and to forgive.