Heights (2017) [N/A]
Featuring:
Zachary Baharov, Hristo Petkov, Julian Vergov
Written by:
Victor Bojinov
Nelly Dimitrova
Milen Ruskov
Directed by:
Victor Bojinov
Release Date:
November 10, 2017
Original Title:
Възвишение
Alternate Titles:
Vuzvishenie
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | History
Production Companies:
All Stars In
Bulfilm
Bulgarian National Film Center
Bulgarian National Television
Dream Factory Macedonia
Serpentine
Production Countries:
Bulgaria | Macedonia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 120
Everyone wants to live
One of the most ambitious Bulgarian projects in recent years, Heights is an adaptation of Milen Ruskov's novel of the same name, published in 2011. The film explores the Bulgarian realities of the 1870s a few years before the war, that would liberate the country from the Ottoman occupation. Directed by Victor Bojinov and adapted by Neli Dimitrova, the story follows Gicho a young man in a revolutionary group led by Dimitar Obshti, a real-life revolutionary fighting against the Turks. After a successful train robbery Obshti entrust Gicho with a special mission: to deliver a letter to Vasil Levski, the country's most famous freedom fighter, now considered hero and dubbed The Apostle of Freedom.
Two members of a rebel movement are sent on a dangerous mission around enslaved Bulgaria in 1870's. Their leader has an important message to reach a man of high importance in the revolution of the country - Vasil "The Lion" Levski.
