The Father
2019 · Movie · 87 min · ★ 5.8 · 95% critics
After his wife dies, an aging widower becomes fixated on the possibility of reaching her from beyond the grave after a strange claim at the funeral. His son tries to pull him back to reality, but their clash opens into an intimate family drama with touches of absurd humor.
Also known as Bashtata
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Details
- Original title
- Бащата
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-10-11
- Language
- BG
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (11 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy intimate family dramas that blend grief with dry, absurd humor, especially if Glory or The Lesson worked for you; Not for you if you want fast pacing or big dramatic turns.
Pros: intimate family drama; absurd comic moments; emotionally relatable conflict | Cons: slow-building pace; understated story; offbeat humor
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2021 · nominated
Cast & crew
Ivan Barnev
as Pavel
Ivan Savov
as Vasil
Tanya Shahova
as Lyubka
Hristofor Nedkov
as Doctor
- BD
Boyan Doychinov
- NT
Nikolay Todorov
Martina Peneva
Petra Oplatková
- EM
Elena Mosholova
Maria Bakalova
as Valentina
Directed by Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov