Binka: To Tell a Story About Silence

The story

A film pioneer, Binka Zhelyazkova was at the forefront of political cinema under Bulgaria's Communist dictatorship. Though she remained faithful to the communist ideals she became an avid critic of the regime and brought upon herself the wrath of its censorship. As a result four of her nine films were shelved and released to the public only after the fall of the regime in 1989, and Binka Zhelyazkova became known as the bad girl of Bulgarian cinema. A provocative portrait that reveals the pressures and complexities that arise when art is made under totalitarianism.

Cast

A Andrej CertovSelf A Antonina ZhelyazkovaSelf A Angel VagenshtainSelf A Atanas SvilenovSelf V Valeri PetrovSelf D Delyana HadzhiyankovaSelf I Ivan PopjordanovSelf I Ivan TraykovSelf I Ingeborg BratoevaSelf K Kliment DenchevSelf K Kosta BikovSelf K Kosta TzonevSelf

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L Lila TokeSelf L Lyuben ChatalovSelf N Neda StanimirovaSelf N Nikolai SotirovSelf P Pamela RosenbergSelf P Pavel PisarevSelf T Tzvetana ManevaSelf V Victoria KrumovaLittle Girl P Paraskeva DjukelovaNarrator L Linda RussevaNarrator