Three Quarters
Bulgaria, Germany / Color / 82' / 2017
Young pianist Mila prepares for an audition abroad. Her brother Niki distracts her with his unwanted talent for the absurd. Their astrophysicist father Todor seems incapable of dealing with his children’s anxieties. A portrait of a family during their last summer together.
Ilian Metev
Ilian was born in Sofia, Bulgaria (1981) and spent part of his childhood in Germany, where he initially pursued a career as a classical violinist. In 2008, he graduated from the UK National Film and Television School with “Goleshovo”. His first feature “Sofia’s Last Ambulance” (2012) is a close-up portrait of three Bulgarian medics at work. The film premiered at the Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival 2012 and won the “Visionary Award”. Ilian’s work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and has received over 40 awards, including the German Documentary Film Award 2013.
Cast & Crew
- direction: Ilian Metev
- Screenplay: Ilian Metev, Betina Ip
- Cinematography: Julian Atanassov
- Editing: Ilian Metev
- Sound Design: Josef Steinbüchel
- Film Cast: Mila Mihova, Nikolay Mashalov, Todor Velchev, Simona Genkova, Kaloyan Georgiev, Alexander Kurtenkov, Teodor Velinov, Bono Lungov, Boyan Bokov, Konstantin Kurtev, Danail Delchev
- producer:: Ingmar Trost, Ilian Metev
- original language: Bulgarian
Filmography
- Sofia’s last ambulance (2012)
- Goleshovo (2008)
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