Black Money for White Nights
Directed by
Kristina Grozeva & Petar Valchanov
Screenplay
Kristina Grozeva, Diana Stoynova, Decho Taralezhkov, Petar Valchanov
A couple in their sixties secretly saves bribe money to fulfill their lifelong dream, but when a travel scam wipes out their savings, buried family conflicts and moral compromises rise to the surface.
Marina, a maternity nurse, and her husband Gosha, a railway dispatcher, have spent years collecting small bribes to aff ord their dream trip to St. Petersburg and witness the White Nights.
When Russia invades Ukraine and the travel agency vanishes with their savings, their dream — and the illusion of control — collapses.
Gosha ends up in the hospital, beaten while trying to recover the money and long-buried betrayals surface, forcing the couple to confront the lies their life was built on and to search, among the ruins, for a trace of dignity and grace.
Directed by
Kristina Grozeva & Petar Valchanov
Screenplay
Kristina Grozeva, Diana Stoynova, Decho Taralezhkov, Petar Valchanov
Cast
Tanya Shahova, Ivan Savov, Margita Gosheva, Ivan Barnev, Sibila Petrova
Director of Photography
Alexander Stanishev
Music
Theodore Oikonomou
Sound
Ivan Andreev, Kostas Varympopiotis
Editor
Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Art Director
Ivelina Mineva
Producers
Konstantina Stavrianou, Irini Vougioukalou, Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
Production
Abraxas Film, Graal Films
Coproduction
Bulgarian National Television, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ERT, Greek Film Centre, Bulgarian National Film Center, Eurimages
Language
Bulgarian
Production Countries
Bulgaria, Greece