Plamen Rizov

A personal reflection on the director's inner world during a period of emotional turbulence, the film explores themes of grief, abandonment and inner torment in the search for oneself.

On a quiet city rooftop, two young lovers share books, jokes, and silence. The boy, Pile, reads a dog-eared secondhand book filled with other people’s thoughts; Eva reads a pristine one that feels strangely unfinished. Beneath the warmth and humor, something fragile presses to the surface. Weeks later, Pile returns to the rooftop alone, holding her book, searching for her between the lines. He finds a single word circled on the page.

Tim drifts through a day shadowed by comparison and quiet despair, weighed down by his brother’s success and impending fatherhood. As he becomes aware of the camera following him, private moments turn into observation, and paranoia gives way to defiance. Blending intimate psychological drama with meta-cinema, the film explores vulnerability, surveillance, and the moment a man takes control of the narrative—and the lens—himself.

A personal reflection on the director's inner world during a period of emotional turbulence, the film explores themes of grief, abandonment and inner torment in the search for oneself.