Vchera

Вчера (English: Yesterday)
Directed by	Ivan Andonov
Written by	Vlado Daverov
Starring	Hristo Shopov Georgi Staykov
Music by	Kiril Marichkov
Release date(s)	25 January 1988
Running time	84 min.
Country	Bulgaria
Language	Bulgarian

Vchera (Bulgarian: Вчера, English: Yesterday) is a 1988 Bulgarian film.

Synopsis

The film tells the story of an elite Bulgarian school where the sons and daughters of high-ranking Communist officials are educated. The main characters are Ivan, his best friend Rostislav, Dana (a newly-arrived student), Marina and Kostov. All of them find themselves dealing with their own youthful intrigues against the backdrop of the absurd and oppressive Bulgarian Communist regime; and all too often each one of them finds his/her own individual means of escaping from it all, either through friendship, love, or the occasional derisive remark. The plot is loosely based on the English Language School in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where the principal was an ardent Communist infamous for his absurdly strict rules and for setting an army-like atmosphere. At the same time that students are subjected to the bureaucratic babble of their despotic teachers, they are likewise exposed to the exquisite, thought-provoking language of Shakespeare, and the incendiary tunes of The Beatles, for which they are reproached on numerous occasions. The reality of authoritarian rule in Communist Bulgaria, the hollowness of its slogans, and the total disregard for the true values and qualities of the students - it is all beautifully interspersed with moments of genuine loyalty, love, nobility and devotion.

Cast

• Hristo Shopov as Ivan
• Georgi Staykov as Rostislav
• Sofiya Kuzeva as Dana
• Svetla Todorova as Marina
• Georgi Rusev as Tzonchev
• Nikola Rudarov as Baramov
• Stoyan Aleksiev as Naydenov
• Krasimir Rankov as Inspector
• Pavel Popandov as Sports teacher
• Maria Stefanova as Lady teacher
• Petar Popyordanov as Kostov
• Kosta Tsonev as Vera's father

External links

• Vchera at the Internet Movie Database