Lora Dekova

The identity crisis of a screenwriter, lost between completing functional and salable stories, or giving free rein to the most creative and intuitive part of himself: his personal demon.

Fleeing their unsuccessful attempts to have a child, Yana and Alex decide to live with his grandmother, where a pastoral rural life awaits — strange neighbors, sprites, and evil creatures. Beneath what Yana dismisses as “old wives’ tales” lurk nightmares buried deep in her urban mind — about pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood. Is becoming a mother a guarantee of happiness? Will it make her complete?

In 1988, Plamen finds himself in a reformatory school for juvenile criminals. There he meets Ivan, Gudata and Chernio and together they tread the path that leads to thefts and burglaries. With the fall of Communism in 1989 the political system changes dramatically. Still, are these four able to change?

Fleeing their unsuccessful attempts to have a child, Yana and Alex decide to live with his grandmother, where a pastoral rural life awaits — strange neighbors, sprites, and evil creatures. Beneath what Yana dismisses as “old wives’ tales” lurk nightmares buried deep in her urban mind — about pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood. Is becoming a mother a guarantee of happiness? Will it make her complete?