Tarika
Saturday 8th March 11:00 AM - Rheged
Director:Milko Lazarov
Cert:15 Year: 2024 Length:86mins
Country:Bulgaria, Germany, Luxembourg
The Tarika at the centre of this film is a teenage girl living a peaceful rural life in Bulgaria. The family is ostracized by the locals as they believe that Tarika (Vesela Valcheva) is cursed; like her mother and grandmother, she has a rare bone condition known as ‘butterfly wings’. The villagers believe that she is the cause of the deaths of their animals and that she brings bad luck to the community.
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Critics
“Tarika conveys many of its themes through observation, a little of the supernatural. Kaloyan Bozhilov’s beautiful cinematography makes much use of wide-open landscapes, never-ending skies, and themes of flying – by birds, butterflies, and even helicopters. In contrast, a border fence is also being built ‘to stop some people from going to other people”
Trailer
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