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  Director: Magardich Halvadzhyan
Screenplay: Magardich Halvadzhyan
Director of photography: Lyudmil Hristov
Music: Mario Baltadjiev
Leading roles: Aleksander Kosev, Maln Krustev, Vasil Vaslev - Zueka, Assen Blatechki, Nikola Rudarov, Maria Bezhanska, Koyna Ruseva
Producers: Vlado Daverov, Alexander Metodiev, Krasimira Dionisieva



Production: BNT, Boyana Film and Eurofootball
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New Bulgarian Cinema
Blueberry Hill
Emigres
Fate as a Rat
Fantasy Concerto
Lighter Than Light
Rhapsody in White
The Devil's Mirror
The Devil's Tail
The Winnings
Touched by God
Warming Yesterday's Lunch
Water Spirits
   
THE WINNINGS
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Bulgaria, 2001, 90 min, color


Kari, Tony and Lofty are three good friends. They are unemployed and spend most of their time in the local bar, waiting for something to happen…

One day Kari checks his Eurofootball coupon and sees that he has won the jackpot - a huge amount of money. From this moment on his life changes, but not in the way he had dreamed about. This is the beginning of a huge adventure to preserve the winnings. The three friends and Kari's bodyguard - Max, clash headlong with brutal reality, in which every friend and even relative tries to steal Kari's coupon. And as if this is not enough, they manage to get involved in another even more dangerous adventure. The four of them find themselves in the midst of a gangster war whose aim is to get a priceless diamond. Things get very tense and the three friends find themselves becoming real action heroes for a short time which creates a number of comic situations.

    MAGARDICH HALVADZHYAN





Bulgarian director, born in 1967 in Pleven. From 1992 until now he has shot over 350 music videos of performers from all genres, and also 2 music videos of German and French groups for major companies EMI and Warner Music - Italy. After 3 shorts, shot on video, in 1999 he shot his film debut "Skomina", which won Award for short movie at Varna Festival. "The Winnings" is his feature debut.



1999  Skomina
2001  The Winnings









 
                 
 
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