WOMEN DO CRY

Bioscop

Based on a true story, in WOMEN DO CRY a pair of Bulgarian activists delivers a screen adaptation focussed on the trauma of an extended Bulgarian family while calling out Bulgaria's skewed attitude towards women. The expressive drama depicts three sisters: one is struggling with her maternal role, the second discovers that she is HIV positive and the third runs into trouble because of her queer identity. While the three women try to deal with the hands they've been dealt, Bulgaria is overrun by anti-gender and anti-equality protests. In a blend of the personal and the political, Vesela Kazakova and Mina Mileva devote themselves to exposing social injustices.
DAS WEINEN DER FRAUEN
BGR, FRA 2021 / 106 min / OV + eng SUB
Language: Bulgarian
Director: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
Screenings
  • Caligari FilmBühne We, 20.04. / 18:15 Uhr
  • Screenplay: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova, Bilyana Kazakova
  • Cinematographer: Dimitar Kostov
  • Editor: Donka Ivanova, Yann Dedet
  • Music: Andy Cowton
  • Sound: Jean-Pierre Halbwachs, Gadou Naudin
  • Cast: Maria Bakalova, Ralitsa Stoyanova, Katia Kazakova, Bilyana Kazakova, Vesela Kazakova, Iossif Surchadzhiev
  • Producer: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova, Christophe Bruncher
  • Production Company: Activist 38 Ltd., Ici et Là Productions
  • Co-Production Company: ARTE France
  • World Sales: mk2 films
Based on a true story, in WOMEN DO CRY a pair of Bulgarian activists delivers a screen adaptation focussed on the trauma of an extended Bulgarian family while calling out Bulgaria's skewed attitude towards women. The expressive drama depicts three sisters: one is struggling with her maternal role, the second discovers that she is HIV positive and the third runs into trouble because of her queer identity. While the three women try to deal with the hands they've been dealt, Bulgaria is overrun by anti-gender and anti-equality protests. In a blend of the personal and the political, Vesela Kazakova and Mina Mileva devote themselves to exposing social injustices.
  • Screenplay: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova, Bilyana Kazakova
  • Cinematographer: Dimitar Kostov
  • Editor: Donka Ivanova, Yann Dedet
  • Music: Andy Cowton
  • Sound: Jean-Pierre Halbwachs, Gadou Naudin
  • Cast: Maria Bakalova, Ralitsa Stoyanova, Katia Kazakova, Bilyana Kazakova, Vesela Kazakova, Iossif Surchadzhiev
  • Producer: Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova, Christophe Bruncher
  • Production Company: Activist 38 Ltd., Ici et Là Productions
  • Co-Production Company: ARTE France
  • World Sales: mk2 films