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Quick Info

Rating

6.2/10

Release2008

Runtime1h 32m

StatusReleased

Budget$796,442

RevenueN/A

Production

Miramar Film

Bulgarian National Television

Bulgarian National Film Center

Movie

Zift

2008

1h 32m

6.2

Thriller

Crime

Drama

Synopsis

Moth is freed on parole after spending time in prison on a wrongful conviction of murder. Jailed shortly before the Bulgarian communist coup of 1944, he now finds himself in a new and alien world— the totalitarian Sofia of the 60s. His first night of freedom draws the map of a diabolical city full of decaying neighborhoods, gloomy streets, and a bizarre parade of characters.

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