Original Title: Razsledvane
Synopsis
Parts of a corpse have been found and the suspect, Plamen Goranov, brother of the murdered man, has been detained. He denies the charges and since there is no direct evidence that he has committed the crime the investigation is about to be cancelled. Then a new investigator is appointed – Alexandra Yakimova – and she starts everything from scratch. During the day she interrogates the relatives, friends, colleagues of the two brothers and at night she interrogates Plamen. She hasn’t got much time left for her family.
She has chosen solitude for herself and she tries to overcome it by more andmore work. Loneliness is eating Plamen too, and the tough man starts cherishing his encounters with the investigator for the chance to talk toher. The film follows the course of the investigation, focusing on its maintheme – desperate loneliness and how to come to terms with it.
Technical Information
2006; Bulgaria, Germany, Netherlands; Drama, Crime; 105 minutes; 35mm, HDCAM-SR; 1:1.85; 5.1 mix; Original Language: Bulgarian; Subtitles: Czech, English, Polish
DIRECTOR
Iglika Triffonova
WRITER
Iglika Triffonova
D.O.P.
Rali Ralchev
EDITOR
Yodanka Bachvarova
MUSIC
Han Otten
PRODUCTION COMPANY
KLAS Film, Phanta Vision, Flying Moon
CO-PRODUCER
Bulgarian National TV
PRODUCER
Rossitsa Valkanova, Petra Goedings, Helge Albers
Alexandra
Svetlana Yancheva
Plamen
Krassimir Dokov
Ludmil (Alexandra’s assi
Dejan Donkov
Marin (Alexandra’s husba
Hristo Garbov
Chief Inspector
Kliment Denchev
Plamen’s Wife
Tanya Shahova
Nevena (wife’s friend)
Labina Mitevska
Plamen’s Mother
Emilia Radeva
Alexandra’s daughter
Nikol Krasteva
IGLIKA TRIFFONOVA
IGLIKA TRIFFONOVA studied film & TV at the National Academy of Theatre and Film Art in Sofia. Her career began with a series of documentaries, the first being YEAR OF 1990 (45 min), documenting the year after the fall of the Berlin wall. The film was selected by numerous festivals (Marseilles, Oberhausen, Potsdam) and won First prize at “Prix Futura”, Berlin, 1991. Among her other works of this time are POSSIBLE DISTANCES (1992), about the distances separating a Bulgarian man and a Turkish woman – called by the critics a “documentary love story” – and MURDER STORIES (1993), being the confessions of three men who have committed murder – the film was at Marseilles and Mannheim and was awarded The Golden Rose for best Bulgarian Documentary in 1994. The film played an important role in forming the public opinion during the debate against the death penalty held in Bulgarian in the early 90s and had a strong influence on the themes contained in THE INVESTIGATION.
Her first feature was LETTER TO AMERICA (2000), and was awarded 9 national prizes, including the Bulgarian nomination for the 2001 Oscar awards for best foreign film and was selected by over 45 international festivals.
THE INVESTIGATION (2006) is her 2nd feature. It has been awarded 11 national prizes and 7 international awards so far.
Iglika lives in Sofia with her husband, the actor Hristo Gurbov, who plays the husband in THE INVESTIGATION.
Selective Filmography
Feature Film
2006 The Investigation
2001 Letter to Amerika
Feature Documentary
1995 Po patya
1994 Portret na edna aktrisa
1992 Vazmozhni razstoyaniya
1990 Leto gospodne 1990
Short
1993 Razkazi za ubiystva
2012
Jan 17 – 17
2011
BULGARIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE
Jun 12 – 13
2010
INT. FRAUEN FILM FESTIVAL DORTMUND
Apr 14 – 18 (in competition)
BULGARIAN FILMS IN LONDON
Jan 26 – 27
2009
CRIME FESTIVAL
Oct 17 – 17
Jul 13 – 13
Jul 13 – 13
Jun 23 – 23
Jun 19 – 25
Apr 01 – 04
2008
WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART
Sep 18 – 21
LUBUSKIE LATO FILMOWE – FILM SUMMER
Jul 08 – 13
Jun 28 – Jul 06
TRANSILVANIA INT. FILM FESTIVAL
May 30 – Jun 08
BANJA LUKA FILM FESTIVAL
May 02 – 09
ANKARA INT. FILM FESTIVAL
Mar 13 – Sep 23
Feb 22 – Mar 04
TRIESTE FILM FESTIVAL – ALPE ADRIA
Jan 18 – 25
PALM SPRINGS INT. FILM FESTIVAL
Jan 04 – 15
2007
SOFIA IFF
Best Balkan Film & Best Bulgarian Feature Film
Dec 18
Dec 07 – 14
Nov 10 – 17
FILMMAKER’S UNION AWARDS
Award of the city of Sofia for cinema & Best Actress
Oct 23
Oct 12 – 20
Sep 27 – Oct 04
SEOUL INT. FILM FESTIVAL
Sep 06 – 16 (in competition)
Aug 25 – 25
COTTBUS FF OF YOUNG EAST EUROPEAN CINEMA
Best Film
Aug 08
FESTIVAL FOR EUROPEAN FILMS, PAZARDJIK
Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress & Best Actor
Feb 14
2006
BULGARIAN NATIONAL FILM CENTER AWARDS
Best Cinematographer & Best Editor
Oct 12
GOLDEN ROSE, VARNA
Special Jury Prize & the Critics’ Award & Best Actor
Aug 09
coming soon…
LABINA MITEVSKA
Labina Mitevska was born in 1975 in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. She studied at the faculty of Art and Archaeology at the University of St. Kiril and Metodi (Skopje) as well at the European Film College (Denmark) and the University of Arizona’s Department of Art History. She started her career by coincidence, starting in Milcho Manchevski’s film “Pred Dozdot” (1994) in the role of Zamira, a young Macedonian Albanian girl. Her next appearance was in the Macedonian theatre production of Tuku Taka Pod Oblaka (All of a Sudden Under the Clouds). In 1996, Labina played a supporting role in Welcome to Sarajevo (1997), directed by Michael Winterbottom, who next casted her in “I Want You” (1998). In 2000, she had the lead role in the Czech film “Loners”, and next appeared in “Too Bad That Balkan Express Was Already Used”, directed by her sister Teona Mitevska. Beside acting, a couple of her essays have appeared in the Macedonian magazines “Start” and “Dnevnik”.
Selective Filmography
Feature Film
2012 The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears
2010 Stapki v pyasaka
2009 9:06
2009 7 avlu
2007 Prevrteno
Short
2008 Voix de garage
KRASSIMIR DOKOV
From 1978 – 1981, Dokov studied at the National Academy of Theater and Film Arts – Sofia, Bulgaria – acting for drama theater in the classes of prof. Nikolay Lyutzkanov with assistant Margarita Mladenova. During his career, Dokov has played more than 50 characters in the theater and has starred in many features. Awards in the theater: 1988 – Best Leading Actor, Theater Festival, Bulgaria; 1989 – Best Leading Actor, Theater Festival, Bulgaria. He is a member of the Union of Bulgarian filmmakers.
Selective Filmography
Feature Film
2011 Avé
2010 Zad kadar
2009 Prima Primavera
2009 Kozelat
2009 Raci
2006 Nosht i den
2006 Razsledvane
